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crucify

verb as in execute; torture near to death

verb as in browbeat, destroy with words

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He told The Sunday Times that in spite of the alleged abuse, he did not regret remaining friends with Croft and "didn't feel crucified by" the incident.

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Right-wing movies like “God’s Not Dead” conflate having to tolerate difference with outright persecution, as if merely allowing an atheist to exist undisturbed is the same as being crucified.

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Widower Reg Harris, 85, said giving up driving would "absolutely crucify" his lifestyle.

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The umbrella film is the movie that no matter what you do, even if you make s— that people don’t like, they won’t crucify you — pun intended — because you made a movie that they like.”

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In Greece, the sky lit up with fireworks, while worshippers in Jerusalem lit candles at the church where Jesus is said to have been crucified and buried.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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