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.
An instance of someone being killed.
A large amount of money.
That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.