martyr
noun
a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion.
martyred
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past participleof martyr.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof martyr.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
martyrnouna person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion.
Example Sentences
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"Their uncles married them off very young. Do you know why? Because their father and mother were martyred, and their uncles wanted to get rid of the responsibility and expenses," the woman said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
In doing so, he managed to breach the walls of the city electronically and turn his invisible eye into the world’s gaze on the martyred city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Mohammad Mokhber, a former Iranian vice president, called the new supreme leader “the complete mirror of our martyred leader, Imam Khamenei.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
"He was martyred near the mosque while trying to leave," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
During the Middle Ages, thousands of pilgrims traveled to pray in the presence of a saint’s body, or close to the spot where a saint had been martyred.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
