crucifixion vs gassing

crucifixion

noun
  • An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone. 

  • An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead. 

  • 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. 

gassing

noun
  • Poisoning by noxious gas. 

  • boasting; insincere or empty talk 

  • Any similar process of singeing. 

  • The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres. 

  • The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte. 

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