martyr
noun
a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion.
had martyred
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past perfectof martyr.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She was here, this young man's wife, alone in these rooms with him, because she loved the Cause and had martyred herself for it….
From Youth Challenges by Clarence Budington Kelland
They tell me, that, after that day, sickness laid you low, but only strengthened the principles for which you had martyred your affections.
From Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel by Emma Newby
Her father as it proved, had martyred his poor child to an inordinate desire for measuring his land by miles instead of acres.
From House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
