IMMOLATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Killing or offering as a sacrifice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("immolation" is a kind of...):

ritual killing; sacrifice (the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity)

Derivation:

immolate (offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction)

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