Tom is obsessed with martyrdom.
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Martyrdom
Synonyms for "martyrdom" (79 found)
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agonyanguishatrocious painbanebloodbloodlettingbloodshedbrainingclawingconfinementcruciationcrucifixiondealing deathdestruction
Noun(2 words)
calvarycult heroization
Strong matches (24)
destruction of lifedismembermentdispatchestrapadeeuthanasiaexcruciationexecutionexterminationflow of bloodgalleysgantletgauntletgorehard laborhellhell upon earthholocausthorrorimmolationimpalement
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Related words (39)
incarcerationjailingkeelhaulingkillkillinglacerationlancinationlapidationmartyrizationmercy killingnightmarepassionpenal servitudepersecutionpicketingpoisoningpurgatoryrackrailridingritual killing
Noun(6 words)
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6 entriescult of martyrdommartyr complexmartyr figuremartyrdom narrativepolitical martyrdomreligious martyrdom
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8 total sentences available.
What do you think are the problems that underlie your obsession with martyrdom?
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It was bound, Clarissa used to think, to end in some awful tragedy; her death; her martyrdom; instead of which she had married, quite unexpectedly, a bald man with a large buttonhole who owned, it was said, cotton mills at Manchester.
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Miroslav knows exactly the kind of martyrdom Rima suffered at the hands of the legionnaires.
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