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What is another word for crucifying?

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Present participle for to put to death by crucifixion

Present participle for to inflict severe physical pain on

Present participle for to oppress or persecute someone

Present participle for to feel, or cause to feel, great distress or anguish

Present participle for to criticize (someone) severely and unrelentingly

Present participle for to thoroughly beat or be victorious over

Present participle for to kill, usually as punishment for capital crimes

Present participle for to cause to feel hurt, upset, or resentful

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Present participle for to put to death by crucifixion

“Instead, they arrested him and tried to crucify him on a cross.”

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Present participle for to inflict severe physical pain on

“These want to crucify and torture us, to drink our blood.”

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Present participle for to oppress or persecute someone

“Paying a professional a high salary is only justified if one can subsequently crucify them with taxes.”

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Present participle for to feel, or cause to feel, great distress or anguish

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

racking

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

inflicting anguish on

laboring^US

labouring^UK

discriminating against

inflicting pain on

inflicting suffering on

sticking the knife into

getting the knife into

making demands on

putting a strain on

tiring out

making severe demands on

breaking the heart of

making someone fed up

knocking sideways

making despondent

bringing tears to your eyes

knocking for six

making gloomy

giving someone the blues

hanging over

knocking the stuffing out of

making sad

breaking someone's heart

bending someone's ear

causing someone distress

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

putting the squeeze on

jumping on one's case

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

beating down

harshing someone's mellow

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“Both sentiments crucify and torture me, but I daren't repress or combat either sentiment.”

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Present participle for to criticize (someone) severely and unrelentingly

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

pummelling^UK

throwing brickbats at

casting aspersions on

giving a bad press to

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

giving something a battering

hauling over the coals

doing a hatchet job on

rapping over the knuckles

coming down on

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a roasting

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a bad press

picking at

passing strictures upon

going for the jugular

giving something a bad press

raking over the coals

jumping on one's case

biting someone's head off

snapping someone's head off

giving a tongue-lashing

calumniating

lashing out

jumping down one's throat

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

bringing under fire

slanging

reviewing unfavorably

ostracizing^US

ostracising^UK

giving someone a dressing-down

dragging through the mud

libeling^US

libelling^UK

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

dishonoring^US

look down one's nose at

bringing into disrepute

blackening the name of

letting someone have it

objecting to

scandalising^UK

dragging through the mire

sullying the reputation of

discommending

objecting

mortifying

blackening the reputation of

conducting a smear campaign against

satirizing^US

calling over the coals

expressing a poor opinion of

remonstrating against

satirising^UK

calling names

ragging on

spreading scandal about

putting someone on the griddle

letting fly at

pinning your ears back

running smear campaign

bringing down

holding up to ridicule

burning someone's ears

telling lies about

crawling all over

putting someone on the hot seat

showing up

looking down on

slinging mud

running a smear campaign against

jumping down someone's throat

holding forth against

blackening the character of

bringing discredit to

reflecting badly on

questioning

throwing the book at

giving someone a wigging

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone some stick

giving someone what for

blowing up at

giving someone a row

laying out

giving someone an earful

dragging over the coals

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a rating

leaning on

giving someone a caning

slapping down

rapping someone the knuckles

dragging someone's name through the mud

ripping up and down

tarring and feathering

dragging through mud

bringing shame upon

bringing shame on

hurting somebody's feelings

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

stepping on one's toes

holding someone to blame

turning up one's nose

blackening someone's name

regarding with disgust

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

taking the piss out of

making fun of

heaping scorn on

treating with contempt

shooting full of holes

causing to feel small

taking the wind out of your sails

making someone eat humble pie

making ashamed

settling someone's hash

casting down

bringing low

making someone eat crow

taking down a peg or two

putting to shame

putting out of countenance

giving your opinion of

writing a critique of

commenting on

reading through

correcting

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“I don't think isolated little incidents from 30 years ago should be suddenly dragged out and used to crucify people.”

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Present participle for to thoroughly beat or be victorious over

pulverising^UK

pulverizing^US

wiping the floor with

taking to the cleaners

giving someone a drubbing

tanking

subduing

bringing someone to their knees

overpowering

winning a resounding victory over

triumphing over

blowing out of the water

overcoming

walking all over

getting the better of

giving someone a pasting

killing

giving someone a hiding

gaining a victory over

pummelling^UK

running roughshod over

putting an end to

winning a victory over

getting the upper hand

knocking the stuffing out of

running circles around

mopping up

taking apart

gaining the advantage over

throwing back in confusion

going one better than

gaining ascendancy over

putting someone in their place

bringing under the yoke

sitting on

putting the kibosh on

beating the pants off

gaining the upper hand over

getting the upper hand over

putting the squeeze on

tyrannizing^US

colonizing^US

colonising^UK

tyrannising^UK

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“Organizational psychologists observe that some women compete not just to best but to conquer or crucify their opponents.”

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Present participle for to kill, usually as punishment for capital crimes

sending to the gallows

sending to the gibbet

putting before a firing squad

rubbing out

stringing up

doing away with

sending to the electric chair

sending to the gas chamber

carrying out a sentence of death on

taking someone's life

mowing down

finishing off

wiping from the face of the earth

giving someone the works

terminating with extreme prejudice

canceling^US

cancelling^UK

expunging

vaporising^UK

vaporizing^US

deep-sixing

killing off

sending to the gas chambers

dusting off

greasing

wiping off the face of the earth

sending to kingdom come

sterilizing^US

sterilising^UK

sending to the scaffold

executing by hanging

suiciding

noosing

suspending by the neck

decollating

heading

necking

cutting off the head of

bringing to the block

cutting off somebody's head

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Present participle for to cause to feel hurt, upset, or resentful

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