martyrize

Related to martyrize: Martyrship

mar·tyr·ize

(mär′tə-rīz′)

tr.v. mar·tyr·ized, mar·tyr·iz·ing, mar·tyr·iz·es

To martyr.

mar′tyr·i·za′tion (-tər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.

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martyrize

(ˈmɑːtɪraɪz) or

martyrise

vb (tr)

1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) to kill as a religious martyr

2. to make a martyr of

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martyrize

Past participle: martyrized
Gerund: martyrizing

Imperative
martyrize
martyrize

Present
I martyrize
you martyrize
he/she/it martyrizes
we martyrize
you martyrize
they martyrize

Preterite
I martyrized
you martyrized
he/she/it martyrized
we martyrized
you martyrized
they martyrized

Present Continuous
I am martyrizing
you are martyrizing
he/she/it is martyrizing
we are martyrizing
you are martyrizing
they are martyrizing

Present Perfect
I have martyrized
you have martyrized
he/she/it has martyrized
we have martyrized
you have martyrized
they have martyrized

Past Continuous
I was martyrizing
you were martyrizing
he/she/it was martyrizing
we were martyrizing
you were martyrizing
they were martyrizing

Past Perfect
I had martyrized
you had martyrized
he/she/it had martyrized
we had martyrized
you had martyrized
they had martyrized

Future
I will martyrize
you will martyrize
he/she/it will martyrize
we will martyrize
you will martyrize
they will martyrize

Future Perfect
I will have martyrized
you will have martyrized
he/she/it will have martyrized
we will have martyrized
you will have martyrized
they will have martyrized

Future Continuous
I will be martyrizing
you will be martyrizing
he/she/it will be martyrizing
we will be martyrizing
you will be martyrizing
they will be martyrizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been martyrizing
you have been martyrizing
he/she/it has been martyrizing
we have been martyrizing
you have been martyrizing
they have been martyrizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been martyrizing
you will have been martyrizing
he/she/it will have been martyrizing
we will have been martyrizing
you will have been martyrizing
they will have been martyrizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been martyrizing
you had been martyrizing
he/she/it had been martyrizing
we had been martyrizing
you had been martyrizing
they had been martyrizing

Conditional
I would martyrize
you would martyrize
he/she/it would martyrize
we would martyrize
you would martyrize
they would martyrize

Past Conditional
I would have martyrized
you would have martyrized
he/she/it would have martyrized
we would have martyrized
you would have martyrized
they would have martyrized

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Verb

martyrize - torture and torment like a martyr

martyrise, martyr

excruciate, torture, torment - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

Translations

martirizzare

martyrize

[ˈmɑːtɪraɪz] VT → martirizar

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