Brucify, v: 1: Kill by nailing onto style(9); "David O'Brien was brucified" 2: Annoy constantly by reminding of potential improvements [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {tantalize}, {bedevil}, {dun}, {frustrate}] 3: Fix problems that were indicated in an earlier brucification (of one of the two other meanings). The word 'brucify' originally comes from the style-reviews of Bruce Evans of the FreeBSD project, but is now also sometimes used for reviews just done in his spirit.