to martyr

Examples

• All

• If Arabs and Muslims are willing to martyr themselves, victory is possible.

  Academic text (2007)

• He martyred himself to the curse.

  Scream of the Banshee (2011)

• I am not going to allow you or anyone else to martyr me without my permission.

  Blog text (4)

• All you know how to do is martyr yourself, sacrifice your desires, and the price is always too high.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Nobody knows why you did it, and nobody knows why you martyred yourself.

  The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (2019)

• And you are to martyr yourself, killing, in the process, the head of the serpent.

  American Dreamz (2006)

• Today we heard about the life of Saint Catherine, who was martyred by the Emperor Maxentius.

  Fiction book (1999)

• He was a Roman soldier martyred for refusing to abandon the truth.

  5 Days of War (2011)

• Calungsod was an 18-year-old lay catechist who was martyred in Guam for defending the faith.

  Blog text (23)

• The government punished many activists, trying to martyr them for their beliefs.

Synonyms

M

to martyrize

vsto martyr

• Offensive

9.9

To make someone suffer or kill them because of their beliefs

is broader, also includes killing or other punishments for beliefs

Antonyms

P

to protect

∞ 1.0

To keep someone or something safe from harm

S

to save

∞ 1.0

Rescue someone or something from danger

Idioms

B

to be a martyr

7 8.3

Act like you suffer or give up things for others to get sympathy

Compounds

M

martyr operation

• NSFW

9.9

An attack where someone blows themselves up to kill or hurt others for a cause

S

St. Edward the Martyr

9.9

A young king of England from 975 to 978 who became a saint after he was killed

How Severe

to torture

• Offensive

582 5.7

to martyr

• NSFW

17 8.0

to persecute

98 7.0

to mistreat

63 2.9

to harass

302 4.0

to punish

821 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology