Crucify
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To execute (a person) by nailing to a crucifix. To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at. To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.
Savage
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: wild; not cultivatedbarbaric; not civilizedfierce and ferociousbrutal, vicious or merciless
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.A defiant person.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.To criticise vehemently.To attack with the teeth
Example sentence: A multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor.