Martyrize
verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make a martyr of (someone). transitive
"The Roman emperor Decius is mainly remembered for the many Christians martyrized on his orders"
- 2 torture and torment like a martyr wordnet
Example
More examples"The Roman emperor Decius is mainly remembered for the many Christians martyrized on his orders"
Etymology
From martyr + -ize.