verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To make a martyr of (someone). transitive

   "The Roman emperor Decius is mainly remembered for the many Christians martyrized on his orders"

2. 2
   torture and torment like a martyr wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

martyrmartyrafflictagonizeailannihilate

Example

More examples

"The Roman emperor Decius is mainly remembered for the many Christians martyrized on his orders"

Etymology

From martyr + -ize.

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