crucify vs slate

crucify

verb
  • To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage. 

  • To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross. 

  • To thoroughly beat at a sport or game. 

slate

verb
  • To criticise harshly. 

  • To cover with slate. 

  • To schedule. 

  • To set a dog upon (a person). 

  • To anticipate or strongly expect. 

  • To nominate, appoint, or designate. 

adj
  • Having the bluish-grey/gray colour of slate. 

noun
  • An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes. 

  • A list of affiliated candidates for an election. 

  • A record of money owed. 

  • A tablet computer. 

  • A thin plate of any material; a flake. 

  • A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers. 

  • The bluish-grey colour of most slate. 

  • A chalkboard, sheet of slate for writing on with chalk or with a thin rod of slate (a slate pencil) formerly commonly used by both students and teachers in schools. 

  • A roofing-tile made of slate. 

How often have the words crucify and slate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )