A compound verb intensifying basic nailing with the sense of nailing something to a surface. Classical usage included nailing to crosses (crucifixion), nailing boards to walls, or metaphorically fixing the soul to material things. Paul uses it in Colossians 2:14 with stunning imagery: God canceled the written code with its regulations, having nailed it to the cross. The verb transforms the cross from instrument of shame to place where legal obligations are permanently affixed and thereby nullified—nailed there with Christ, the law's condemning power is removed.