martyrize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make a martyr of.
The ancient Romans martyrized many Christians.
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to torment.
Other Word Forms
- martyrization noun
Etymology
Origin of martyrize
1400–50; late Middle English martirizen < Medieval Latin martyrizāre. See martyr, -ize
Example Sentences
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South African authorities had no desire to martyrize anybody with his name.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Senator Watson was too good a tactician to martyrize Senator Johnson and friends with this ex-treme parliamentary measure.
From Time Magazine Archive
They martyrize themselves by sacrificing everything; they spoil them and convert them into ungrateful lovers.
From Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century by Overton, William Hassell
Ah! how easy it is to martyrize one's self by some fatal decision made grandly in the exultation of a supreme moment!
From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold
But he’d martyrize himself, I knew, by refusing it, even though I made it.
From The Prairie Mother by Becher, Arthur E.
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