{"def":{"short":"to impale on the cross; figuratively, to extinguish (subdue) passion or selfishness","long":["to stake, drive down stakes","to fortify with driven stakes, to palisade","to crucify",["to crucify one","metaphorically to crucify the flesh, destroy its power utterly (the nature of the figure implying that the destruction is attended with intense pain)"]]},"deriv":"from G4716","pronun":{"ipa":"stɛβˈro.o","ipa_mod":"staˈrow.ow","sbl":"stauroō","dic":"stev-ROH-oh","dic_mod":"sta-ROH-oh"},"see":["G4716"]}