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MARTYRIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they martyrize ... he / she / it martyrizes
Past simple: martyrized
Past participle: martyrized
-ing form: martyrizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Torture and torment like a martyr
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
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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