An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.
The death on the Cross of Christ.
The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.
The ousting or destruction of the ruling body of a government or other organization.
The unseating of a senior politician.