Martyrdom is an English word with synonyms like death or decease. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Martyrdom meaning
- The condition of a martyr; the death or suffering of a martyr; the death or suffering on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.
- Extreme suffering, affliction; torment; torture, especially without reason.
Synonyms of Martyrdom
Using Martyrdom
- The main meaning on this page is: The condition of a martyr; the death or suffering of a martyr; the death or suffering on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. | Extreme suffering, affliction; torment; torture, especially without reason.
- Useful related words include: death, decease, expiry, calvary.
- In the example corpus, martyrdom often appears in combinations such as: the martyrdom, martyrdom of, of martyrdom.
Context around Martyrdom
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Martyrdom
- In this selection, "martyrdom" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, seek, forbid, heroic, main, seeking and ismail stand out and add context to how "martyrdom" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the martyrdom of his and announced the martyrdom of four. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "martyrdom" sits close to words such as abusers, agatha and americana, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with martyrdom
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The mourning must go on until someone sees value in our ancestors’ martyrdom. (13 words)
Haniyeh yesterday confirmed to Al Jazeera 'the martyrdom of my three sons and some of my grandchildren'. (17 words)
She added: 'Yesterday over 230 of our siblings… ascended to martyrdom at the hands of the Zionist entity. (18 words)
If, in your martyrdom, you find that somehow woefully insufficient: I can live with that, since you saw a mention of a fundraising project and felt triggered enough by that to start wishing death on me and the rest of the thread. (42 words)
The occupation aircraft also targeted residential houses in al-Bureij camp, Deir al-Balah city Ain Goliath Towers in Nuseirat in central Gaza Strip, causing the martyrdom of a number of Palestinians, including a woman and two children. (38 words)
Where some Jews regard them as examples of heroic martyrdom, but others saying that while Jews should always be willing to face martyrdom if necessary, it was wrong for them to take their own lives. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Martyrdom main Church tradition developed outside of the canon of the New Testament describes the martyrdom of many saints, including the legend of the martyrdom of Barnabas.
He issued a decree by which the Christians were forbidden to seek martyrdom, and he had a Christian synod held to forbid martyrdom.
The Martyrdom of Polycarp advances an argument for a particular understanding of martyrdom, with Polycarp’s death as its prized example.
Where some Jews regard them as examples of heroic martyrdom, but others saying that while Jews should always be willing to face martyrdom if necessary, it was wrong for them to take their own lives.
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Nazi organization, on Sunday, announced the martyrdom of four of its leaders in the Gaza Strip during “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” Al Quds reported.
As a result of the studies, the lost martyrdom of the soldiers who were martyred during the bayonet charge in Conkbayırı, one of the most critically important regions of the battle, was found.
Earlier on Sunday, the Islamic Jihad announced martyrdom of Al-Aswad, 31, was shot dead by agents of the Zionist enemy in the Damascus countryside.
If, in your martyrdom, you find that somehow woefully insufficient: I can live with that, since you saw a mention of a fundraising project and felt triggered enough by that to start wishing death on me and the rest of the thread.
In 2016, Pope Francis approved a decree designating Takayama’s death as a martyrdom and he was officially beatified in February 2017.
Local media in occupied Palestinian territories reported a martyrdom-seeking operation near Jericho in the West Bank on Monday.
She added: 'Yesterday over 230 of our siblings… ascended to martyrdom at the hands of the Zionist entity.
Their master, Abdul, had been killed in fighting the day before, and the Berbers — freed of his whip and having tasted Frankish mettle — apparently preferred life and some plunder over martyrdom.
The mourning must go on until someone sees value in our ancestors’ martyrdom.
The occupation aircraft also targeted residential houses in al-Bureij camp, Deir al-Balah city Ain Goliath Towers in Nuseirat in central Gaza Strip, causing the martyrdom of a number of Palestinians, including a woman and two children.
Another raid resulted in the martyrdom of the child Ghazal Al-Walid Abu Al-Hassan, who joined her parents and two brothers after they were injured in a previous bombing.
Before his own martyrdom, Ismail Haniyeh had already witnessed the loss of many family members in the struggle for the liberation of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Palestine.
Haniyeh yesterday confirmed to Al Jazeera 'the martyrdom of my three sons and some of my grandchildren'.
He said in the past, a leading politician raised the slogan of “Pakistan Khappey”, even after the martyrdom of his dear ones.
Hezbollah and Hamas are ″win-at-all costs″ ideologies in which death of an enemy is glory and death of self is martyrdom.
His martyrdom seems to have changed and inspired Qalqilya as many of Nazzal’s friends and community members decided to take up arms and follow in his footsteps.
Common combinations with martyrdom
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the martyrdom 44×
- martyrdom of 41×
- of martyrdom 8×
- his martyrdom 8×
- to martyrdom 7×
- martyrdom is 7×
- martyrdom and 5×
- that martyrdom 5×
- martyrdom in 5×
- their martyrdom 5×