Crucifixion
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead. (absolute use, often capitalized: The Crucifixion) The death on the cross of Christ. An ordeal, terrible, especially malicous treatment imposed upon someone
Example sentence: Lance Armstrong has a 17th-century, 15-foot Spanish fresco of the crucifixion hanging on the wall of his Austin mansion. This doesn't mean - and some of you Armstrong acolytes might want to sit down for this - that Lance is Jesus.
Excruciation
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Some excruciating pain.