CRUCIFIED Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

crucified

verb

past tense of crucify

as in flayed

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Hamilton has flayed his Republican opponent for not holding public town halls -- an argument that resonates with Ubel.

— Gaby Vinick, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
The children are dismembered and penetrated, flayed alive, disemboweled, and their intestines set alight.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

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In fact, during testing, the handheld triggered nostalgic memories of playing Final Fantasy Legend and Mario Land 2 on long car rides to my grandparents' house, but without the eye strain and being scolded for playing in the dark as the sun set.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026
For over a year, the White House has scolded and threatened the Smithsonian.

— Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of scolded

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That said, at one point Eleanor captures Sofia giving Dunst a note about the scene where Marie Antoinette is upbraided by her ambassador (played by Steve Coogan) for paying more attention to sleeve lengths than a looming diplomatic crisis.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
One upbraided Tufty for this comment.

— Eric Adler June 4, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026

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Another user also criticized the company in a Microsoft Learn article, and pointed to Harry Potter author JK Rowling and her controversial views on transgender people.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Their friendship is apparently still solid, and Swift hasn’t publicly criticized him or Macklemore.

— StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2026

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Flock has been pilloried at city council meetings and its equipment has been physically attacked on the street.

— Andrew Zucker, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026
Andrew Sweetman, the Scottish marine biogeochemist who led the work, hadn’t made such claims, but he was still pilloried by fellow-scientists, and proponents of mining accused him of being an anti-mining crusader.

— James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of pilloried

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Among the allegations are accusations that senior staff berated employees in front of colleagues and made staffing decisions based on physical appearance rather than professional qualifications.

— Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Galliano berated a French couple with antisemitic and anti-Asian rhetoric in February 2011, which led to his conviction.

— Zack Sharf, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026

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His minor-league numbers weren’t stellar, but some of that can be blamed on the Pacific Coast League.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The attacks early Tuesday came hours after the rebels blamed Saudi Arabia for an airstrike that hit a prison in Yemen’s northern province of Jawf.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of blamed

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Outside a fierce storm lashed down, wind whipped against the wood planks, thunder shook the ground, water streamed through cracks and floated into the shack.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
In the same series of Sunday morning posts, the president also lashed out at Kristen Welker, the moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, for saying his endorsements of Republican candidates in primary elections this year had shown mixed results.

— Jeff Mason, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

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