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Crucify

🔄 Synonyms of "Crucify"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
tormentnoun	Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
tantalizeverb	(transitive) To tease (someone) by offering or showing them something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied.
frustrateverb	(transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
dunnoun	(countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
bedevilverb	To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
ragnoun	(especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Crucify"

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Word	Definition
tantalizeverb	(transitive) To tease (someone) by offering or showing them something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied.
ragverb	To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
frustrateverb	(transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
bedevilverb	To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
tormentverb	Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
dunverb	(transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
excruciateverb	(transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
excrutiateverb	Misspelling of excruciate. [(transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.]
burn someone at the stakeverb	(figuratively) To criticize (someone) publicly and vehemently; to cancel (someone).
nail someone to the wallverb	to punish or discipline extremely harshly
executeverb	(transitive) To carry out; to put into effect.
put to the swordverb	(idiomatic) To execute, especially by using a sword.
gibbetnoun	An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
drive a nail in someone's coffinverb	To do something tending to hasten someone's death or ruin.
guillotinenoun	(historical, also figuratively) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
killverb	(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
eat someone aliveverb	(informal) To overwhelm or consume someone.
scourgenoun	(figurative) A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
impaleverb	(transitive) To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
have someone's headverb	(idiomatic, figurative) To punish someone severely, as by sacking (firing), imprisonment, or similarly harsh penalties.