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MARTYRIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does martyrize mean?
• MARTYRIZE (verb)
The verb MARTYRIZE has 1 sense:
1. torture and torment like a martyr
Familiarity information: MARTYRIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they martyrize ... he / she / it martyrizes
Past simple: martyrized
Past participle: martyrized
-ing form: martyrizing
... he / she / it martyrizes Past simple: martyrized
Past participle: martyrized
-ing form: martyrizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Torture and torment like a martyr
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
Hypernyms (to "martyrize" is one way to...):
excruciate; torment; torture (subject to torture)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
martyr (one who suffers for the sake of principle)
martyr (one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion)
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