martyrdom (n.)
- agony
- anguish
- bane
- blood
- bloodletting
- bloodshed
- confinement
- cruciation
- crucifixion
- destruction
- dismemberment
- dispatch
- euthanasia
- excruciation
- execution
- extermination
- gore
- hell
- holocaust
- horror
- immolation
- impalement
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- kill
- killing
- laceration
- lapidation
- nightmare
- passion
- persecution
- poisoning
- purgatory
- rack
- sacrifice
- shooting
- slaughter
- slaying
- stoning
- strappado
- torment
- torture
Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
His wife, with nine small children and one at the breast, following him to the stake.
Martyrdom of John Rogers. Burned at Smithfield, Feb. 14, 1554.
