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verb (v)

• kill by nailing onto a cross(verb.social)

  source: wordnet30
• treat cruelly(verb.emotion)

  Synonym:
  bedevil, dun, frustrate, rag, torment
  

  source: wordnet30
• hold within limits and control(verb.emotion)

  Synonym:
  mortify, subdue
  

  source: wordnet30
• criticize harshly or violently(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  blast, pillory, savage
  

  source: wordnet30
• To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.(verb)

  source: webster1913