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martyrdom

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of martyrdom

the suffering and death of a martyr

He suffered martyrdom for his religious beliefs.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of martyrdom

self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide

curtains, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, end, exit, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep

casualty, fatality

annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of martyrdom

existence, life

creation, genesis, origination, rise

birth, nativity

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