Burning At The Stake (Noun)
Meaning
Execution by fire.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The heretic was led to the town square to face burning at the stake, a brutal form of execution reserved for the most heinous crimes.
- As the flames engulfed her body, the witch hunter's victims met their end in a fiery burning at the stake, a punishment she believed was divinely ordained.
- Burning at the stake was a gruesome form of capital punishment in medieval Europe, often reserved for those accused of treason or witchcraft.
- The protesters chanted slogans as they marched through the streets, reenacting the scene of the martyrs' burning at the stake that had occurred centuries before.
- Joan of Arc met her tragic end by burning at the stake, a punishment that was meant to purify her soul but ultimately led to her canonization as a Catholic saint.