Crucify

//ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ//

Synonyms for "crucify" (134 found)

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Related terms

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Translations

57 translations across 47 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σταυρόω verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Arabic

2 entries
  • صَلَبَ verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)
  • صَلَّبَ verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Armenian

1 entries
  • խաչել verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • разпъвам на кръст verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Catalan

1 entries
  • crucificar verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Czech

1 entries
  • ukřižovat verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Danish

1 entries
  • korsfæste verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kruisigen verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • krucumi verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Finnish

1 entries
  • ristiinnaulita verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

French

1 entries
  • crucifier verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Galician

1 entries
  • crucificar verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

German

1 entries
  • kreuzigen verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Greek

1 entries
  • σταυρώνω verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • mākia verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צָלַב verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • keresztre feszít verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • krossfesta verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Ido

1 entries
  • krucagar verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Irish

1 entries
  • céas verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Italian

2 entries
  • crocefiggere verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)
  • crocifiggere verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Ladino

2 entries
  • kruzificar verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)
  • kruçificar verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Latin

1 entries
  • crucifīgō verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Malay

1 entries
  • menyalib verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ക്രൂശിക്കുക verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Middle English

1 entries
  • crucifien verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Māori

1 entries
  • rīpeka verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • korsfeste verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • korsfeste verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Old English

2 entries
  • rōdfæstnian verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)
  • āhōn verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • خاچلامق verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • kjriezjen verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Polish

1 entries
  • ukrzyżować verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • crucificar verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Quechua

1 entries
  • chakatay verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Romanian

2 entries
  • crucifica verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)
  • răstigni verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Russian

2 entries
  • распина́ть verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)
  • распя́ть verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ceus verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Spanish

1 entries
  • crucificar verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Swedish

1 entries
  • korsfästa verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Thai

1 entries
  • ตรึงกางเขน verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Turkish

2 entries
  • haçlamak verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)
  • çarmıha germek verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Tyap

1 entries
  • team verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • розп'я́сти́ verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)
  • розпина́ти verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)
  • розіп'я́сти́ verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)
  • розіпну́ти verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Welsh

1 entries
  • croeshoelio verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קרייציקן verb (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Where did you crucify them?

Source: tatoeba (1885458)

As he was being crucified, Spartacus said, "Woe to you slaves, for you crucify a free man."

Source: tatoeba (13692515)

After his public gaffe, he was crucified in the media.

Source: wiktionary

Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 6 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.