Martyrdom - English meaning

noun

Extreme physical or mental suffering.

Usage examples:

He crashed to the ground in agony

noun

Extreme physical or mental pain or suffering, or a period of such suffering

Usage examples:

[ u ] they put her on painkillers, but they didn’t do enough, and she was in agony.

noun

Extreme physical or mental pain or suffering

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She lay there screaming in agony., i was in an agony of suspense., we've both suffered agonies of g…

noun

Severe mental or physical pain or suffering.

Usage examples:

She shut her eyes in anguish

verb

Be extremely distressed about something.

Usage examples:

I spent the next two weeks anguishing about whether i'd made the right decision

noun

Extreme unhappiness caused by physical or mental suffering

Usage examples:

His anguish at the outcome of the court case was very clear., in her anguish she forgot to leave a …

adjective

On fire.

Usage examples:

A burning building

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

adjective

Producing flames

Usage examples:

A man staggered from the burning car.

noun

An ancient form of execution in which a person was nailed or bound to a cross.

Usage examples:

There is little evidence that the romans used to flog their victims before crucifixion

noun

The act of killing someone by fixing that person to a cross and leaving him or her to die, or the death of jesus on a cross

noun

The act of crucifying someone

noun

The action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism.

Usage examples:

He had been depressed since the death of his father

noun

The end of life

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[ c ] a sudden/natural death, [ u ] i hope she finds the peace in death she never found in life., […

noun

Extremely bored, frightened, etc.

Usage examples:

She's frightened to death of snakes.

noun

The act of killing yourself or someone else, or of destroying something, usually by burning

Usage examples:

A woman attempted suicide by self immolation., fifteen homes were saved from immolation.

noun

An act of causing death, especially deliberately.

Usage examples:

The community was shocked by the brutal killings

adjective

Causing death.

Usage examples:

A killing disease

verb

Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

Usage examples:

Her father was killed in a car crash

noun

A very unpleasant and prolonged experience.

Usage examples:

The ordeal of having to give evidence

noun

An experience that is very painful, difficult, or tiring

Usage examples:

Her seven-month stay in the hospital was quite an ordeal.

noun

Strong and barely controllable emotion.

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A man of impetuous passion

noun

Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs; oppression.

Usage examples:

Her family fled religious persecution

noun

An act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity.

Usage examples:

They offer sacrifices to the spirits

verb

Offer or kill as a religious sacrifice.

Usage examples:

The goat was sacrificed at the shrine

verb

To give up something for something else considered more important

Usage examples:

He sacrificed his vacations to work on his book., [ u ] animal/ritual sacrifice, [ c ] my parents m…

noun

The state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship.

Usage examples:

Weapons that cause unnecessary suffering

verb

Experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant).

Usage examples:

He suffered intense pain

noun

Severe physical or mental suffering.

Usage examples:

Their deaths have left both families in torment

verb

Cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering.

Usage examples:

He was tormented by jealousy

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, or something that causes such pain

Usage examples:

[ u ] after three days of torment, she went to a dentist., [ c ] that child acts like it’s a tormen…

noun

The action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something.

Usage examples:

The torture of political prisoners

verb

Inflict severe pain or suffering on.

Usage examples:

Most of the victims had been brutally tortured

noun

An injury or severe mental pain

Usage examples:

[ c ] all drivers suffer the tortures of traffic and bad weather., [ u ] the museum has many exampl…