Vi fant 14 definisjoner av martyr på engelsk.
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| martyr - one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion | ||
| victim an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance | ||
| polycarp, saint polycarp, st. polycarp Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155) | ||
| martyr - one who suffers for the sake of principle | ||
| sufferer | ||
| victim an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance | ||
| shaheed Arabic term for holy martyrs; applied by Palestinians to suicide bombers | ||
Verb |
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| martyr - torture and torment like a martyr | ||
| martyrize, martyrise | ||
| excruciate, torture, torment subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" | ||
| martyr - kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred" | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
Substantiv |
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| martyr - One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom. | ||
| martyr - One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause. | ||
| martyr - With a prepositional phrase of cause One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily. | ||
| martyr - One who is killed or suffers greatly because of an identity or position, e. g. , a young prince killed when his father, the king, is deposed for the purpose of preventing the restoration of the monarchy later. | ||
Verb |
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| martyr - To make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession. | ||
| martyr - To persecute. | ||
| martyr - To torment; to torture. |
