Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.
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Mortify
//ˈmoɹtɪfaɪ//
Synonyms for "mortify" (230 found)
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lay waste toliquidatemaceratemake away withmake someone's blood run coldmercnecrosenecrotizeneutralizeobliterateoffpay offperturbpetrifypick offpolish offpop offpunch someone's ticketput an end toput down
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put output six feet underput someone out of their miseryput to sleepputrefyquellrankleravagerotrub outruffleruinscarescare straightscare the bejeebers out ofscare the hell out ofscare the pants off ofscare the shit out ofschlongscotchscupperscuttlesend to eternitysend to hellsend to the gravesend to the great beyondsend to the next lifeshameslaughterslayslime outsmashsmitesnuffsnuff outspooksquashstiffstop someone's clocksubduesubsidetaketake care oftake downtake outterminateterminate with extreme prejudiceterrifyterrorizethrow off balancetoptop offtorpedounsettleupsetwanewastewaxweakenwetwhackwipe outwitherwreck
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25 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- потушавам verb (to discipline by suppressing desires)
- потъпквам verb (to discipline by suppressing desires)
- умъртвявам verb (to kill)
- унижавам verb (to injure one's dignity)
Czech
4 entries- ponížit verb (to injure one's dignity)
- potupit verb (to injure one's dignity)
- zahanbit verb (to injure one's dignity)
- zostudit verb (to injure one's dignity)
Dutch
1 entries- onderdrukken verb (to discipline by suppressing desires)
Finnish
1 entries- kuolettaa verb (to discipline by suppressing desires)
French
3 entries- macérer verb (to discipline by suppressing desires)
- mortifier verb (to discipline by suppressing desires)
- tuer verb (to kill)
German
3 entries- abtöten verb (to discipline by suppressing desires)
- abtöten verb (to kill)
- töten verb (to kill)
Japanese
4 entries- 屈辱を与える verb (to injure one's dignity)
- 殺す verb (to kill)
- 苦行する verb (to discipline by suppressing desires)
- 辱める verb (to injure one's dignity)
Latin
1 entries- mācerō verb (to discipline by suppressing desires)
Spanish
3 entries- matar verb (to kill)
- mortificar verb (to discipline by suppressing desires)
- mortificar verb (to injure one's dignity)
Swedish
1 entries- späka verb (to discipline by suppressing desires)
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With fasting mortify'd, worn out with tears.
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Mortify thy learned lust.
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Mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth.
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