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Meanings of martyr in inglês

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Person who suffers persecution and death for advocating, refusing to renounce, and/or refusing to advocate a belief or cause, usually a religious one.

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martiritzar
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martirizar

Torture and torment like a martyr.

martiritzar
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Examples for "martyrize"
Examples for "martyrize"
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He who has been arranging that fine scheme to disgrace and martyrize you?
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 3
2
They martyrize themselves by sacrificing everything; they spoil them and convert them into ungrateful lovers.
Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos / T...
3
Lord Fleetwood had become the instrument to martyrize her?
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 2
4
But I martyrize myself with anguish!
Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
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I have a plot to prevent you from martyrizing yourself.'
Scenes of Clerical Life
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Or will they want to martyrise themselves to prove their pursuit of their perfect Brexit outcomes?
The Guardian
2
No man is bound to martyrise himself; in a great many cases a man is bound to do the exact opposite.
Post-Prandial Philosophy
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All her revenge for his brutality, consisted in martyrising him in connection with this bite.
Theresa Raquin
4
And then they martyrised him in a cart, and threw him into the fire alive with his sword and gold.
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern D...
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I was at the point of death, and they martyrised me with extreme cruelty during five months and without cause.
Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Volume...
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One who suffers for the sake of principle.

mártir
Usage of martyr in inglês
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Parry Davies sighed and gave a good impression of a Christian martyr.
Evan and elle
2
Norman Podhoretz said that Rabin will be seen as a sacred martyr.
The new yorker
3
Here is an inscription in the rudest letters from a martyr's grave:-
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 / A Magazine...
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Did he somehow seek this resignation - to become a political martyr?
BBC
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I understand Leo Morn's a martyr to it, in the winter months.
The Bride Wore Black Leather
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The priests also incited the people to lay hands on the martyr.
Heroes Every Child Should Know
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You want to go down in history as a martyr, I suspect.
Waiting for the Barbarians
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He came to ask the kind martyr for assistance in his distress.
Legends of the Rhine
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He had the golden hair and beard of the early Christian martyr.
Police!!!
10
He belongs to the modern martyr series of the German of to-day.
The Land of Deepening Shadow: Germany-at-War
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The palm of victory, we know, designates the martyr, triumphant in death.
Literary and General Lectures and Essays
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It is the emblem of the martyr, as a conqueror through Christ.
Among the Trees at Elmridge
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The third horse is riderless to remind one of the missing martyr.
Modern Persia
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Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom;- agreatmartyr.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
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The martyr's abnegation of self is not yet dead in the world.
Dawn
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Maniac or martyr, he is under the spell of a fixed idea.
An Introduction to Yoga
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