cru·ci·fy 
(krsə-fī′)
(krsə-fī′)tr.v. cru·ci·fied, cru·ci·fy·ing, cru·ci·fies
1. To put (a person) to death by nailing or binding to a cross.
2. To mortify or subdue (the flesh).
3. To treat cruelly; torment: crucified the awkward child with teasing.
4. To criticize harshly; pillory: The media crucified the politician for breaking a campaign pledge.
[Middle English crucifien, from Old French crucifier, alteration of Latin crucifīgere : crux, cruc-, cross + fīgere, to attach; see dhīgw- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
cruci·fi′er n.
- African mahogany
- African oil palm
- African sleeping sickness
- African swine fever
- African trypanosome
- African trypanosomiasis
- African violet
- African wild dog
- Afrikaans
- put across
- put all eggs in one basket
- put all one's eggs in one basket
- putamen
- put an a a stop to
- put an a halt stop to
- put an end/a halt/a stop to
- put an end a stop to
- put an end halt stop to
- put aside
- putative
- putatively
- put away
- put by
- put cards on the table
- put down