mortify

[1]	humiliate , shame , humble , embarrass , abash , chagrin , rebuff , crush , discomfit , deflate , bring down , degrade , downgrade , reduce , chasten , subdue , suppress , make someone eat humble pie , teach someone his/her place , (Colloq) put down
[2]	punish , subdue , crucify , castigate , discipline , control , subdue , subjugate
[3]	gangrene , humiliate , chagrin , fester , necrose , humble , abase , putrefy , rot , decompose , decay , putresce
[4]	necrose , gangrene , sphacelate