crucifixion

English Thesaurus

1. the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering (noun.act)

hypernym	:	torture, torturing,
definition	:	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 (noun.act)

2. 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 (noun.act)

hypernym	:	capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution,
definition	:	putting a condemned person to death (noun.act)

3. the death of Jesus by crucifixion (noun.event)

instance hypernym	:	death, decease, expiry,
definition	:	the event of dying or departure from life (noun.event)

4. the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering (noun.act)

derivation	:	excruciate, torment, torture,
definition	:	subject to torture (verb.body)

derivation	:	bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment,
definition	:	treat cruelly (verb.emotion)

5. 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 (noun.act)

derivation	:	crucify,
definition	:	kill by nailing onto a cross (verb.social)

6. the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering (noun.act)

derivation	:	excruciate, torment, torture,
definition	:	subject to torture (verb.body)

derivation	:	bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment,
definition	:	treat cruelly (verb.emotion)

7. 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 (noun.act)

derivation	:	crucify,
definition	:	kill by nailing onto a cross (verb.social)