immolate
to sacrifice.
to kill as a sacrificial victim, as by fire; offer in sacrifice.
to destroy by fire.
Origin of immolate
1Other words from immolate
- im·mo·la·tor, noun
- un·im·mo·lat·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with immolate
- emulate, immolate
Words Nearby immolate
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How to use immolate in a sentence
As their ability to immolate tin improved, the process produced more debris than the hydrogen could clean up.
Inside the machine that saved Moore’s Law | Clive Thompson | October 27, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThey built multiple fires inside the Capitol, immolating the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress and the splendid chambers of the House and Senate.
In 1814, British forces burned the U.S. Capitol | Joel Achenbach | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostHe was threatening to immolate both of them when police ended a standoff by grabbing him.
Indiana Serial Killer’s Confession Was Just the Start | Michael Daly | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLastly, President Obama should ask his counterpart what is driving young Tibetan monks and nuns to immolate themselves in protest.
Obama, Don’t Let Xi Forget China’s Human Rights Record | Yang Jianli | June 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut no one expected him to self-immolate in less than a week.
A people that continually provoke me to anger before my face, that immolate in gardens, and sacrifice upon bricks.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousIt will not be the first time that humanity has preferred to immolate a god rather than admit its own guilt.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacAfter having sacrificed her husband to her mother, Mme. Fauvel was about to immolate her husband and children for Raoul.
File No. 113 | Emile GaboriauAnd for thee, Glaucus, are there not enough Achaeans, that thou mayest immolate whom thou wishest?
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich SchillerShe spurns the doctrine that it is woman's position to abnegate and to immolate herself.
The Salamander | Owen Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for immolate
/ (ˈɪməʊˌleɪt) /
to kill or offer as a sacrifice, esp by fire
literary to sacrifice (something highly valued)
Origin of immolate
1Derived forms of immolate
- immolation, noun
- immolator, noun
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