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Verb: martyrize  'maa(r)-tu,rIz
  1. Torture and torment like a martyr
    "The prisoners were martyrized by their captors";
    - martyr, martyrise [Brit]

Derived forms: martyrized, martyrizes, martyrizing

Type of: excruciate [archaic], torment, torture