crucify
krooh suh fahy
- v kill by nailing onto a cross
- v treat cruelly
- v hold within limits and control
- v criticize harshly or violently
- It's the greatest force in publishing today, with the power to raise authors from the dead (Leo Tolstoy) or crucify them on the national stage (James Frey).
- After receiving several e-mail death threats and a cell phone text from someone who threatened to crucify his young daughter, Guillen packed up his family and moved to Miami .
- Major, still mic'ed, condemned several members of his Cabinet, calling them "bastards" that he would "crucify.