Main entry: crucify, blast, pillory, savage
Definition: criticize harshly or violently
Usage: The press savaged the new President; The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
Main entry: crucify, subdue, mortify
Definition: hold within limits and control
Usage: subdue one's appetites; mortify the flesh
Main entry: rag, frustrate, crucify, dun, torment, bedevil
Definition: treat cruelly
Usage: The children tormented the stuttering teacher
Main entry: crucify
Definition: kill by nailing onto a cross
Usage: Jesus Christ was crucified