martyring

verb

present participle of martyr
as in attacking
to kill (someone) for refusing to give up a belief or cause
—usually used as (be) martyred He was martyred for his religious beliefs.

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Recent Examples of martyring Talking about potential attacks, martyring themselves for ISIS. — David J. Lopez, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for martyring
  1. attacking
  2. torturing
  3. persecuting
  4. tormenting
  5. assailing
  6. afflicting
  7. besieging
  8. cursing
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  • Piker then fired back at Scholten on social media, accusing her of seeking attention and attacking him over his opposition to Zionism.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Binu Palal showed video of Shakur’s entourage attacking Davis’ nephew Orlando Anderson.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of attacking
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  • But, if not, then stop using the existence of those goals as a way of torturing yourself.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Arabella’s adoptive mother, Leticia McCormack, and her parents, Adella and Stanley Tom, were arrested three months later and accused of torturing the young girl to death.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of torturing
Verb
  • Biden weaponized Law Enforcement against his political opponent, while also persecuting many other innocent people.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Jack Hayford, the founder of the King’s University, in Texas, claimed that the film was persecuting Christians, who only wanted to be treated equally.
    — Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
Definition of persecuting
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  • Aside from tormenting the sole out transgender member of Congress by waging a campaign to bar her from using the women’s bathroom in the Capitol, Mace had been a side player that year.
    — Annie Karni, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The final scene shows the Bowden family grilling in that same backyard on a sunny day, seemingly happy with Max no longer tormenting them.
    — Benjamin VanHoose, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of tormenting
Verb
  • The race partly revolved around the war in Gaza, with Lander assailing Goldman for not being critical enough of Israel.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 24 June 2026
  • Rabb was propelled by a constellation of progressive groups, charting a path to victory partly by assailing his own party as listening more to donors than voters.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 24 May 2026
Definition of assailing
Verb
  • That constraint contributes to the housing crises afflicting these seasonal recreation areas.
    — Nancy Forster-Holt, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Health advocates consider an official definition of ultraprocessed food a key step toward bringing greater scrutiny to meals that are blamed for multiple chronic health problems afflicting Americans.
    — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of afflicting
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  • Israeli police have not announced any arrests or charges against any settler allegedly involved in besieging the Palestinian homes and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not publicly commented on the incident.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Israeli settlers have been besieging homes in the Palestinian village of Qusra for more than a week, with the Israeli military failing to end the violent intimidation campaign.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of besieging
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  • Video that the teen lobster diver's family shared with ABC Miami affiliate WSVN allegedly shows Simpson swimming away from the third lung and back to the Contender vessel as people on Del Sol's boat began yelling and cursing at him.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Obumseli chronicled their arguments in a series of recordings, which caught Clenney angrily screaming, berating and cursing him out using racist slurs.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of cursing

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