Definition of "crucifixion"

crucifixion

/ˌkɹuːsɪˈfɪkʃən/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural crucifixions
1. An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.
  Quotations
  Centurion: Stabbed? Takes a second. Crucifixion lasts hours! It's a slow, horrible death! / Matthias: Well, at least it gets you out in the open air.
  1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian
  1. (Christianity, often capitalized) The death of Jesus Christ on the Cross.
2. (military, historical, colloquial) The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
3. (figuratively) An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.