crucifies

Definition of crucifiesnext
present tense third-person singular of crucify
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Verb
  • And Vance berates Democrats in a visit to Minneapolis.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Cast members performed on The Tonight Show and in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live, in a sketch in which host Bad Bunny berates his friends for failing to grasp the movie’s brilliance.
    Eliza Berman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Mother Mary shivers in the middle of the barn with her head slung low while Sam upbraids the pop star for leaving her behind for other, whiter designers when her career went supernova.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • OpenAI memo criticizes Anthropic watch now Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Schiavo raised a similar concern, noting that the National Transportation Safety Board regularly criticizes the Federal Aviation Administration and other regulators for not implementing obvious solutions, even after accidents occur.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Woodcutters sets forth the musings of a narrator sitting in an armchair at a dinner party who excoriates the literary awards establishments of his native land (and by extension all lands that are host to a robust bourgeoisie).
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Or tie scolds to the ducking stool again.
    Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
  • McMahon likes to remind scolds that wrestling is a morality play.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The oil industry blames California’s environmental policies for driving them out.
    CBS News, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Over a year after their podcast Plan Bri Uncut ended, LaPaglia blames Call Her Daddy’s founding father, Alex Cooper, for the nail in the coffin for her friendship with O’Malley.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The project denounces Haiti’s justice system through the story of a woman imprisoned for years without trial and later judged not by law, but by scripture.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Morgan Wallen neither embraces nor denounces MAGA, achieving a similar political slipperiness.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Orbán frequently lambastes the EU, but its funding helped keep the country afloat despite his disastrous economic policies.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Desire fires him, cuts him to pieces, lambastes him.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Crucifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucifies. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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