crucifixion

Noun
  1. The act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world;
    The victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross (synset 101167827)
    is a type of: capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution - putting a condemned person to death
  2. The death of Jesus by crucifixion (synset 107347464)
    is an instance of: death, decease, expiry - the event of dying or departure from life
  3. The infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering (synset 100423554)
    is a type of: torture, torturing - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
    same as: excruciation

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