crucify
Verb
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To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.
To vex or torment.
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The children tormented the stuttering teacher
The press savaged the new President
The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
subdue one's appetites
mortify the flesh
Jesus Christ was crucified