crucifying

present participle of crucify

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucifying
Verb
  • New York City Mayor Eric Adams has peppered his reelection campaign with AI photos and videos criticizing his opponents, in some of the first indications of how the technology will be integrated into politics.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • It's believed that Sczczerek chose to share the statement from his business' social media account after the company was flooded with negative reviews criticizing his behavior.
    Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • LaFleur got into a verbal altercation with a Detroit Lions fan before a game and received a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty for berating an official in a loss to Minnesota.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Current and former division attorneys interviewed by ProPublica and The Chronicle said the lawyers had misgivings about the administration’s tactics and were reluctant to work with Terrell, who already had a reputation for berating staffers.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The elaborate deception also was concealed by blaming the chaos of the pandemic as well as the Hollywood labor strikes, which roiled real production cycles during this period.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Netanyahu has repeatedly attempted to deflect responsibility for the security lapses during the attacks of October 7, 2023, blaming security chiefs instead.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The level of anger was quickly evident in state media broadcasts - which analysts say are often a measure of official Saudi viewpoints - with television news reports personally excoriating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
    Pesha Magid, Reuters, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In recent days, the hits have come from all sides, with her 2022 challenger, billionaire mall mogul Rick Caruso, castigating Bass in the media for her absence and handling of the fire.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
  • So maybe rather than castigating them, other teams would do well to emulate them.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Alongside Russia and China, Iran issued a joint letter denouncing European efforts to reimpose United Nations snapback sanctions.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Camus is also denouncing the justice system in this book, right?
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The company destroyed a piece of lashing wire that investigators believe slapped an Xcel electrical conductor and caused arcing that led to the fire, said Matthew Delinko with Bauman, Lowe, Witt & Maxwell, a law firm representing insurance companies.
    Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
  • By Wednesday, videos of waves lashing the homes began to make the rounds on social media.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Fewer than 10% of workers in this country are members of unions, and that number continues to drop as the current administration spends our tax dollars hammering federal workers.
    Jimmy Williams Jr, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The right-hander’s outing started ominously, with Jurickson Profar hammering the third pitch of the game 350 feet over the right-field wall for a 1-0 lead.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Crucifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucifying. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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