Synonyms for crucifixion
ˌkru səˈfɪk ʃəncru·ci·fix·ion

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1. crucifixionnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   excruciation

2. Crucifixionnoun

   the death of Jesus by crucifixion

   Synonyms:
   excruciation

3. crucifixion, excruciationnoun

   the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering

   Synonyms:
   agony, suffering, excruciation

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1. • Death
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1. Frenchman Renard:

   We made mistakes in the build-up to the goal against a team that was on the back foot for most of the match and that's one of the factors that led to this crucifixion.

2. Bob Woodson Sr.:

   America is a nation of redemption, it’s like somebody only telling the story of the crucifixion and leaving out the resurrection…looking at life through the lens of Good Friday and not Easter Sunday. The left wants to define America as being all Good Friday.

3. Abraham Myerson:

   Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do what you always have done" and "what is expected of you" are the twin rules of life. This, is course, is not true. The wanton crucifixion of impulses, the unnecessary blocking and frustration of the drives and urges, are an evil that reflects itself in sophistication, ennui and boredom, dissatisfaction, melancholy, fatigue, anxiety and neurosis.

4. Ernest Fremont Title:

   The New Testament makes it abundantly clear that whenever the Kingdom of God was concerned Jesus was absolutely uncompromising, even when he realized that for him personally the alternative to compromise was crucifixion.