| crucial | (adjective) of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis | Synonyms: important |
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| (adjective) of the greatest importance | Synonyms: all-important, all important, essential, of the essence |
| (adjective) having crucial relevance | - |
| cruciality | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticality, criticalness |
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| crucially | (adverb) to a crucial degree | - |
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| cruciate | (adjective) shaped like a cross | Synonyms: cruciform |
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| crucible | (noun) a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions | Synonyms: melting pot |
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| crucifer | (noun) any of various plants of the family Cruciferae | Synonyms: cruciferous plant |
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| cruciferous | (adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae | - |
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| crucifix | (noun) a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings when the gymnast supports himself with both arms extended horizontally | - |
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| (noun) representation of the cross on which Jesus died | Synonyms: rood-tree, rood |
| crucifixion | (noun) the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross | - |
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| (noun) the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering | Synonyms: excruciation |
| cruciform | (adjective) shaped like a cross | Synonyms: cruciate |
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| crucify | (verb) criticize harshly or violently | Synonyms: blast, pillory, savage |
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| (verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: bedevil, dun, frustrate, rag, torment |
| (verb) hold within limits and control | Synonyms: mortify, subdue |
| (verb) kill by nailing onto a cross | - |