Synonyms of martyrdom

martyrdom

noun

as in suicide

the suffering and death of a martyr

He suffered martyrdom for his religious beliefs.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suicide
• fatality
• casualty
• destruction
• fate
• self-murder
• self-slaughter
• self-destruction
• grave
• dissolution
• demise
• doom
• decease
• passing
• exit
• passage
• expiration
• massacre
• sleep
• assassination
• annihilation
• extermination
• execution
• killing
• end
• curtains
• slaughter
• quietus
• expiry
• great divide
• ending
• ruin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• life
• existence
• creation
• rise
• birth
• genesis
• origination
• nativity

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of martyrdom

Nabatieh, once a noisy, compact city of 120,000, famous for the market and its yearly 10-day gathering for Ashura — when Shiite Muslims commemorate the 7th century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson — is now ghostly quiet. —Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024

What begins as an inhumane interrogation turns into a true martyrdom: the wrong group of people has been kidnapped. —Patrick Frater, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024

For the moment at least, Hamas leaders and sources close to the leadership circle have tried to project an aura of resilience and an emphasis on the virtues of martyrdom. —David Remnick, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024

For him, Musk’s embrace of Donald Trump’s worldview and his parallel rejection of California’s liberal politics aren’t really about ideology or free speech martyrdom (as Musk often espouses). —Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024