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Immolate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To kill as a sacrifice.

v. To kill (oneself) by fire.

v. To destroy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to kill as a sacrifice

v. to destroy, especially by fire

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.

v. To destroy by fire.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To kill as a sacrificial victim; offer in sacrifice; make a sacrifice of.

Synonyms See sacrifice, v.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction

Word Usage

"Historically, the word immolate had been used by Fathers and theologians of the Church to refer to the eucharist as a commemoration of the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ."

Verb Form

immolated immolates immolating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

sacrifice

Form

immolated immolating self-immolation self-immolate

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

sacrifice kill

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

assimilate