Martyrize

Word MARTYRIZE
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Hyphenation mar tyr ize
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Definitions and meanings of "Martyrize"

What do we mean by martyrize?

To martyr. transitive verb

To cause to suffer martyrdom; hence, to inflict suffering or death upon; torture.

To suffer martyrdom.

To make a martyr of. transitive verb

To make a martyr of (someone). verb

Torture and torment like a martyr verb

To make a martyr of (someone).

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The word "martyrize" in example sentences

“Do they have nothing else to offer the world but this constant seeding of fear planting — a clear act of desperation and perhaps anger on the part of Tony Blair who is having to let go of the reigns in Britain because of public outcry against the occupation of Iraq, and may think that he is himself the martyr while he continues to martyrize us?” ❋ Unknown (2007)

Later, again to Charles: It was put into their heads that I had come to the Isthmus to martyrize them. ❋ DAVID McCULLOUGH. (2005)

Did I not martyrize myself into a human mule by descending to the bottom of a dreadful pit (suffering mortal terror all the time, lest it should cave in upon me), actuated by a virtuous desire to see with my own two eyes the process of underground mining, thus enabling myself to be stupidly correct in all my statements thereupon? ❋ Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe (N/A)

"No doubt she has been bored to death by that wretched _Gypsy_, and now Ebling is going to martyrize her again, and make a fool of himself into the bargain." ❋ Various (N/A)

Good God! women don't martyrize themselves to a past these days. ❋ Fannie Hurst (1928)

There is nothing that will spread abroad anything, true or false, like the flames of martyrdom, because if the people whom you martyrize have the hardihood to stand the punishment that you impose, you only turn society against the truth and make their martyrdom the very instrument of error. ❋ Unknown (1924)

But he'd martyrize himself, I knew, by refusing it, even though I made it. ❋ Arthur Stringer (1912)

Frenchman -- had remarked to him earlier in the trial, whatever the verdict, they would hardly martyrize the man lest at a later date further question as to his guilt should arise and all Europe be set bubbling anew upon that much-discussed topic -- French justice. ❋ Unknown (1910)

Very well, then! she would go to Brudenstein; she would not martyrize herself by being with a man on crutches! ❋ Elinor Glyn (1903)

They martyrize themselves by sacrificing everything; they spoil them and convert them into ungrateful lovers. ❋ Robinson, Charles Henry (1903)

Ah! how easy it is to martyrize one's self by some fatal decision made grandly in the exultation of a supreme moment! ❋ Arnold Bennett (1899)

Jenkins, his cheeks flushed, the two letters in his hand, was consumed by a desire to carry them away, to pore over them at his ease, to martyrize himself with delight by reading them, perhaps also to forge out of this correspondence a weapon for himself against the imprudent woman who had signed her name. ❋ Alphonse Daudet (1868)

Lord Fleetwood had become the instrument to martyrize her? ❋ George Meredith (1868)

I know this is asking them to martyrize themselves. ❋ Matilda Joslyn Gage (1863)

Giddy, fickle, and whimsical in her notions; lascivious and wanton in her manners; and gross, bestial, and vulgar in her ways, she amuses herself at the expense of her followers, making them perform all sorts of antics, transform themselves into the vilest shapes, and martyrize themselves in various ways to show their contempt of Nature. ❋ Unknown (1847)

The Palestinian tend to locate their military targets in population centers, precisely to create a moral dilemma for Israel: Don’t respond, and allow the attacks to continue, or do respond, and martyrize children, the sick, and non-combatants. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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