crucify

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French crucefier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin crucifigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ/
• 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!

Derived terms

• decrucify

Related terms

• cross
• crucifix
• crucifixion
• crucifixional
• crux

Translations

to execute a person by nailing to a crucifix

• Arabic: صَلَبَ (ṣalaba), صَلَّبَ (ṣallaba)
• Armenian: խաչել (hy) (xačʻel)
• Bulgarian: разпъвам на кръст (razpǎvam na krǎst)
• Catalan: crucificar (ca)
• Czech: ukřižovat
• Danish: korsfæstet
• Dutch: kruisigen (nl)
• Esperanto: krucumi (eo)
• Finnish: ristiinnaulita (fi)
• French: crucifier (fr)
• German: kreuzigen (de)
• Greek: σταυρώνω (el) (stavróno)

  Ancient: σταυρόω (stauróō)

• Hungarian: keresztre feszít (hu)
• Icelandic: krossfesta
• Ido: krucagar (io)
• Italian: crocifiggere (it), crocefiggere
• Latin: crucifīgō
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• Malay: menyalib
• Maori: rīpeka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korsfeste (no)

  Nynorsk: korsfeste

• Old English: rōdfæstnian
• Plautdietsch: kjriezjen
• Polish: ukrzyżować (pl) pf
• Portuguese: crucificar (pt)
• Quechua: chakatay
• Romanian: crucifica (ro)
• Russian: распя́ть (ru) (raspjátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceus
• Spanish: crucificar (es)
• Swedish: korsfästa (sv)
• Turkish: haçlamak (tr), çarmıha germek (tr)
• Welsh: croeshoelio (cy)

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} krucumi (eo)
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• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} križati