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affliction
An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering. -
cleave
To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently. -
concentration camp
A concentration camp is a prison in which large numbers of ordinary people are kept in very bad conditions, usually during a war. -
confessor
A confessor is a priest who hears a person's confession. -
crucifixion
Crucifixion is a way of killing people which was common in the Roman Empire, in which they were tied or nailed to a cross and left to die. -
dragonnade
one of a series of persecutions of French Protestants, under Louis XIV, by dragoons quartered upon them.