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euthanasia collapse: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

imprisonment collapse: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison); putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

crucifixion collapse: the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering; 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; the death of Jesus on the cross

bloodletting collapse: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

nightmare collapse: a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream; a situation resembling a terrifying dream

gauntlet collapse: a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim; a glove with long sleeve; a glove of armored leather; protects the hand; to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"

gantlet collapse: the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times

stoning collapse: pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

persecution collapse: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

bloodshed collapse: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

purgatory collapse: (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins; a temporary condition of torment or suffering; "a purgatory of drug abuse"

agony collapse: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"; a state of acute pain

confinement collapse: the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them; the state of being confined; "he was held in confinement"

poisoning collapse: the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill; the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

holocaust collapse: an act of great destruction and loss of life; the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler

horror collapse: something that inspires dislike; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"; intense and profound fear

hell collapse: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes"; (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes"; any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";

gore collapse: a triangular piece of cloth; coagulated blood from a wound; Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948); wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument; cut into gores; "gore a skirt"

slaughter collapse: the killing of animals (as for food); the savage and excessive killing of many people

anguish collapse: extreme mental distress; extreme distress of body or mind; suffer great pains or distress

destruction collapse: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

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