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Meanings of
pillory
in English
Russian
позорный столб
Portuguese
pelourinho
Spanish
picota
Catalan
costell
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Whipping-post.
Related terms
insignia
torture instrument
Russian
позорный столб
Spanish
tratar salvajemente
Back to the meaning
Criticize harshly or violently.
savage
blast
crucify
Spanish
tratar salvajemente
Synonyms
Examples for "
savage
"
savage
blast
crucify
Examples for "
savage
"
1
The people were as truly
savage
as any South Sea Islanders .
2
The
savage
has only impulse; the civilized man has impulses and ideas.
3
In her place was a
savage
thing made of fury and violence.
4
The image of God is defaced in the hearts of the
savage
.
5
The
savage
tribesmen burst in the door and crowded into the room.
1
The
blast
happened in an area where several government buildings are located.
2
Another
blast
in the same area wounded four civilians, Mr Noori said.
3
Local media said at least five others were injured in the
blast
.
4
Police said the second car was empty when the
blast
took place.
5
A year later it was hit again by the second City
blast
.
1
For they
crucify
the flesh for the good of their own souls.
2
The Caesars tried to
crucify
me, but they only got one eye.
3
Dost thou not know That I have power enough to
crucify
thee?
4
Do your worst, Bram, I'll never
crucify
truth to save my life.
5
Your parents will
crucify
me.' He shone his torch into the hole.
Expose to ridicule or public scorn.
gibbet
Usage of
pillory
in English
1
The
pillory
continued in use until the accession of Victoria in 1837.
2
She is sentenced; to-morrow she is to go about in the
pillory
.
3
The man who wrote it ought to be put in the
pillory
.
4
Must that poor wretch in the
pillory
stand out in the rain?
5
Compared with that, even standing in the
pillory
was not specially grievous.
6
Wretched playactor, we will put him in the
pillory
for his success.
7
Instead of the whipping post, he instituted the
pillory
and barrel shirt.
8
The
pillory
stood not far away, and the May-pole is also mentioned.
9
The Loyalists, for years, put Boston as in a
pillory
for punishment.
10
As for those who do hurt flies, we
pillory
them in history.
11
Is a man ever put in the
pillory
for a capital crime?
12
Still, we had to endure our
pillory
for a long while yet.
13
Colonel von Szekuly to three days of
pillory
,
and four years' detention.
14
Green closed the
pillory
and locked it, trapping Matthew's head and arms.
15
For the liberated prisoner: twenty years hard labor, and the
pillory
.
16
Furthermore, this proposal opens the door for our main competitors to
pillory
us.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
pillory
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
public pillory
deserve the pillory
same pillory
become a pillory
perpetual pillory
More collocations
Translations for
pillory
Russian
позорный столб
Portuguese
pelourinho
picota
Spanish
picota
tratar salvajemente
crucificar
masacrar
Catalan
costell
picota
Pillory
through the time
Pillory
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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