Synonyms for martyr
ˈmɑr tərmar·tyr

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1. martyrnoun

   Synonyms:
   shaheed, shahid, martyrize

   Antonyms:
   confessor

2. martyrverb

   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.

   Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr.

   Synonyms:
   shahid, martyrize, shaheed

   Antonyms:
   confessor

3. martyrverb

   To persecute.

   Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.

   Synonyms:
   martyrize, shaheed, shahid

   Antonyms:
   confessor

4. martyrverb

   To torment; to torture.

   Synonyms:
   martyrize

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1. martyr, sufferernoun

   one who suffers for the sake of principle

   Synonyms:
   diseased person, sick person, sufferer

2. martyrverb

   one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

   Synonyms:
   sufferer

3. martyrverb

   kill as a martyr

   "Saint Sebastian was martyred"

   Synonyms:
   martyrise, martyrize

4. martyr, martyrize, martyriseverb

   torture and torment like a martyr

   Synonyms:
   martyrise, martyrize

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1. • Kill
   • Torture
   • Victim

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1. List of paraphrases for "martyr":

   martyrs, shahid, al-shahid, martyred, shaheed, martyrdom, long-suffering, shuhada

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1. Hatice Cengiz:

   Jamal Khashoggi is a martyr for the struggle for democracy and freedom in our part of the world. I want to bury the body of my beloved Jamal -- Jamal Khashoggi -- surrounded by the prayers of his friends and loved ones. I want to know : Where is his body ? i believe that the Saudi regime knows where his body is... I want justice to be served. Not only for those who murdered my beloved Jamal, but for those who organized it and gave the order for it.

2. Scott Gordon:

   John's religious leaders have worked with him for a long time to help him find a place in the Mormon community, but John has turned his own departure from the faith into a socio-political issue, and himself into a self-made martyr.

3. Horace Mann:

   It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.

4. Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab:

   Salah defected from the parliament in 2010, joined us and repented and he became a martyr today, the current so-called Somali government lawmakers should follow suit. We are telling them to take part in the jihad via the same procedures.

5. Pope Francis on Wednesday:

   He accepted his martyrdom there on the altar, he gave his life for us so as not to deny Jesus . . . He is a martyr and martyrs are beatified.