CRUCIFIXION

Crucifixion

Crucifixion is a method of deliberately slow and painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead. It is principally known from antiquity, but remains in occasional use in some countries.

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crucifixion

Noun

  1. An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
    ''Rome used crucifixions as a deterrent, and standard for the 'vilest' crimes, such as slave rebellion.
  2. (absolute use, often capitalized: The Crucifixion) The death on the Cross of Christ.
  3. An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.
    ''The suspects' hostile interrogation amounted to a public crucifixion.


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