martyrize
[verb]
Synonyms: afflict, agonize, crucify, excruciate, harrow, rack, torment, torture, try, wring

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martyrize verb. ['mɑ:tǝrʌɪz] Also martyrise. LME.
[Late Latin martyrizare, from ecclesiastical Latin martyr: see MARTYR, -IZE.]
1. verb trans. = MARTYR verb 1. Now rare. LME.

2. verb intrans. Be or become a martyr. rare. LME.

3. verb trans. = MARTYR verb 3. M17.
■ E. Bowen He looked at me and said: 'Go!'..I saw that my presence martyrised him.

4. verb trans. = MARTYR verb 4b. M17-E18.

5. verb trans. Cause to suffer hardship on behalf of a cause. M19.
■ A. Morrison She proceeded to martyrize herself by a show of 'setting to rights' in the room.

■ martyri'zation noun the action of making a martyr of someone LME.

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