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.
The act of strangling or the state of being strangled.
The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid.