crucify

UK: /ˈkruːsɪfaɪ/ US: /ˈkrusəˌfaɪ/ ,(kro̅o̅′sə fī′)

Inflections of 'crucify' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

crucifies

v 3rd person singular

crucifying

v pres p

crucified

v past

crucified

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

cru•ci•fy /ˈkrusəˌfaɪ/   v. [~ + object] , -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross:
   He was crucified and left to die.
2. to punish or criticize severely or cruelly;
   torment:
   The media will crucify you for that opinion.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cru•ci•fy  (kro̅o̅′sə fī′), v.t., -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
2. to treat with gross injustice;
   persecute;
   torment;
   torture.
3. to subdue (passion, sin, etc.).

• Latin crucifīgere, equivalent. to Latin cruci- (stem of crux) cross + fīgere to fix, bind fast
• Anglo-French, Old French crucifier
• Middle English crucifien

cru′ci•fi′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

crucify / ˈkruːsɪˌfaɪ/ verb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)(transitive)

1. to put to death by crucifixion
2. to defeat, ridicule, etc, totally
3. to treat very cruelly; torment

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifīgere to crucify, to fasten to a cross, from Latin crux cross + fīgere to fasten

ˈcruciˌfier noun