crucify

English

Etymology

Old French crucefier, from Latin crucifigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkruːsɪfaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Verb

crucify (third-person singular simple present crucifies, present participle crucifying, simple past and past participle crucified)

1. To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
2. To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.

   After his public gaffe, he was crucified in the media.

   • 1992, Tori Amos, Crucify (song)

     I crucify myself and nothing I do is good enough for you.

3. (informal) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.

   West Ham beat Manchester City five nil - they crucified them!

Translations

to execute a person by nailing to a crucifix

• Armenian: խաչել (hy) (xačel)
• Bulgarian: разпъвам на кръст (bg) (razpǎvam na krǎst)
• Catalan: crucificar (ca)
• Czech: ukřižovat (cs)
• Dutch: kruisigen (nl)
• Finnish: ristiinnaulita (fi)
• German: kreuzigen (de)
• Greek: σταυρώνω (el) (stavróno)
• Hungarian: keresztre feszít (hu)
• Italian: crocifiggere (it), crocefiggere (it)

• Malay: menyalib (ms)
• Maori: rīpeka (mi)
• Norwegian: korsfeste (no)
• Old English: rōdfæstnian (ang)
• Quechua: chakatay (qu)
• Romanian: crucifica (ro)
• Russian: распять (ru) (raspját’)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceus (gd)
• Spanish: crucificar (es)
• Swedish: korsfästa (sv)
• Turkish: haçlamak (tr), çarmıha germek (tr)

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• Esperanto: krucumi

• Slovene: križati

Related terms

• crucifix
• crucifixion