Crucify

Pronunciation: /ˈkruːsəˌfaɪ/

Crucify (verb)

  1. To execute someone by fixing them to a wooden cross and leaving them to die.
  2. To strongly attack a person’s ideas or actions, often in a harsh and public way.

Examples

  • They crucify criminals as a punishment in old stories.
  • The soldiers crucify the prisoner on a cross.