to sacrifice oneself (for);to give one's life (for);to die for (for)
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to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior);to follow suit (out of a sense of duty)
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to follow (one's master) into the grave;to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)
dying at one's post;being killed in the line of duty
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ENAll statistics \n* The leading cause of fatalities of firefighters is heart attack (44%), followed by trauma (27%), motor vehicle collisions (20-25%) asphyxi...
to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior);to follow suit (out of a sense of duty)
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to follow (one's master) into the grave;to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)
ENA martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, "witness"; stem μάρτυρ-, mártyr-) is somebody who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to reno...
following one's master into the grave;committing suicide after one's lord has died
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ENJunshi (殉死) (following the lord in death, sometimes translated as "suicide through fidelity") refers to the medieval Japanese act of vassals committing seppu...