MARTYRDOMS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

martyrdoms

noun

plural of martyrdom

as in suicides

the suffering and death of a martyr He suffered martyrdom for his religious beliefs.

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Noun

The connections between Madison’s death and the suicides of multiple teenagers and young adults who also spoke obsessively with ChatGPT are clear.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 July 2026
The debacle, which came on the heels of similar higher-education scandals, was linked to roughly a dozen student suicides, and a retest in June did little to calm public outrage.

— Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 23 July 2026

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Today, Harkey is the president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a nonprofit organization funded by the auto insurance industry that works to reduce motor vehicle crash fatalities and injuries.

— Joel Rose, NPR, 23 July 2026
These groups have committed vandalism and harmed people, but not one of the four has carried out an attack that led to any fatalities.

— Jason M. Blazakis, The Conversation, 22 July 2026

Definition of fatalities

Noun

That was part of his wider goal of sending endless waves of bomb-carrying drones and robots to hit Russian encampments in a bid to sharply reduce Ukraine’s casualties.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
That criticism echoed complaints from soldiers and veterans over heavy casualties in costly front-line assaults.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026

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