To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
To expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn.
To execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet.
An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display.
The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
A human-shaped structure made of iron bands designed to publicly display the corpse of an executed criminal.