Synonyms of the word martyr


MARTYREXCRUCIATE - KILL - MARTYRISE - MARTYRIZE - SUFFERER - TORMENT - TORTURE - VICTIM

martyr

  • n. One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably,…
  • n. (by extension) One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for…
  • n. (with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.
  • v. (transitive) To make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in…
  • v. (transitive) To persecute.
  • v. (transitive) To torment; to torture.

excruciate

  • v. (transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
  • adj. (obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.

kill

  • v. (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
  • v. (transitive) To render inoperative.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
  • v. (transitive) To use up or to waste.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively, informal) To exert an overwhelming effect on.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
  • v. (transitive) To force a company out of business.
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To produce intense pain.
  • v. (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
  • v. (transitive, sports) To strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot…
  • v. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
  • v. (mathematics, transitive, idiomatic, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
  • v. (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
  • n. The act of killing.
  • n. Specifically, the death blow.
  • n. The result of killing; that which has been killed.
  • n. (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
  • n. A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
  • n. A kiln.

martyrise

  • v. Alternative form of martyrize.

martyrize

  • v. (transitive) To make a martyr of (someone).

sufferer

  • n. One who suffers.
  • n. One who is afflicted.

torment

  • n. (obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
  • n. Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
  • n. Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
  • v. (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.).

torture

  • n. Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
  • n. (chiefly literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
  • n. (colloquial) (often as "absolute torture") stage fright, severe embarrassment.
  • v. (transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).

victim

  • n. Anyone who is harmed by another.
  • n. (original sense) A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in…
  • n. An aggrieved or disadvantaged party in a crime (e.g. swindle.).
  • n. A person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking.
  • n. An unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance.
  • n. (narratology) A character who is conquered or manipulated by a villain.

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