corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

burning at the stake, burning - execution by fire

hanging - a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"

electrocution, burning - execution by electricity

beheading, decapitation - execution by cutting off the victim's head

crucifixion - 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