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martyrize definition

mar·tyr·ize (-īz′)

transitive verb martyrized -·ized′, martryizing -·iz′·ing

to make a martyr of, as by causing to suffer

Etymology: ME martirizen < LL(Ec) martyrizare

intransitive verb

to be or become a martyr

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