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IMMOLATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they immolate ... he / she / it immolates
Past simple: immolated
Past participle: immolated
-ing form: immolating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
Example:
immolate the valuables at the temple
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "immolate" is one way to...):
sacrifice (make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
immolation (killing or offering as a sacrifice)
