To make a martyr of.
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Excruciated; tortured.
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An engine for casting stones.
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Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.
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One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
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