Crucifixion

Noun

 * 1) An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
 * ''Rome used crucifixions as a deterrent, and standard for the 'vilest' crimes, such as slave rebellion
 * 1) (absolute use, often capitalized: The Crucifixion) The death on the cross of Christ.
 * 2)  An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone
 * ''The suspects' hostile interrogation amounted to a public crucifixion

Thesaurus
agony, anguish, atrocious pain, beheading, burning, capital punishment, clawing, cruciation, decapitation, decollation, defenestration, electrocution, excruciation, execution, fusillade, garrote, gassing, hanging, hell, hell upon earth, hemlock, holocaust, horror, judicial murder, laceration, lancination, lapidation, martyrdom, martyrization, necktie party, nightmare, passion, persecution, poisoning, purgatory, rack, shooting, stoning, strangling, strangulation, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope, torment, torture