immolate
verb (used with object)
to sacrifice.
are immolating
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present progressiveof immolate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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There has been a great deal said about sending missionaries over to the East to convert women who are immolating themselves on the funeral pile of their husbands.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
