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agony(noun, distress, pain, torment, suffering)
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suffering(noun, distress, pain, sorrow, torment)
10
pain(noun, distress, sorrow, torment, suffering)
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torture(noun, distress, pain, torment, suffering)
8
torment(noun, distress, pain, suffering, anguish)
7
anguish(noun, distress, pain, sorrow, torment)
7
crucifixion(noun, torment, suffering, anguish, punishment)
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capital punishment(expression, idiom, punishment, killing, putting to death)
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execution(noun, punishment, torture, death, killing)
6
sacrifice(noun, suffering, torture, death, unselfishness)
5
affliction(noun, distress, pain, torment, suffering)
5
devotion(noun, suffering, torture, death, killing)
5
distress(noun, pain, torment, suffering, anguish)
5
ordeal(noun, distress, pain, suffering, torture)
5
persecution(noun, torment, suffering, anguish, torture)
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calvary
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electrocution(punishment, putting to death)
4
excruciation(noun, sickness, ache, anguishes)
4
impalement(torment, anguish, punishment, agony)
4
laceration(noun, sickness, ache, anguishes)
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