torturing,
torture the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
crucifixion -
the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
crucifixion -
An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
crucifixion -
Absolute use, often capitalized: The Crucifixion The death on the Cross of Christ.
crucifixion -
An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.
Wikipedia
Crucifixion is an ancient method of painful execution in which the condemned person is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross (of various shapes) and left to hang until dead. The term comes from the Latin crucifixio ("fixing to a cross", from the prefix cruci-, from crux, + verb figere, "fix or bind fast". ) Crucifixion was in use particularly among the Seleucids, Carthaginians, and Romans from about the 6th century BC to the 4th century AD.
