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CRUCIFIXION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
Synonyms:
crucifixion; excruciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("crucifixion" is a kind 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)
Derivation:
crucify (treat cruelly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("crucifixion" is a kind of...):
capital punishment; death penalty; executing; execution (putting a condemned person to death)
Derivation:
crucify (kill by nailing onto a cross)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The death of Jesus by crucifixion
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
death; decease; expiry (the event of dying or departure from life)
