martyredadjective
uk/ˈmɑː.təd/us/ˈmɑːr.t̬ɚd/A martyred person has been killed because of their religious or political beliefs:
a martyred saint
a martyred civil rights activist
disapproving showing that you are suffering so that people will have sympathy for you:
She was wearing a martyred expression.
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Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- mass murder
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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