Put to death by fastening to a cross, historically used as execution, or extremely upset or embarrassed.
From Old French 'crucifier,' from Latin 'crucifigere' (to fasten to a cross). 'Crux' means cross and 'figere' means to fix or fasten.
Crucifixion was designed as a slow public execution that maximized suffering—yet it became the central symbol of Christianity, one of history's strangest transformations of shame into hope.
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