immolate
verb (used with object)
to sacrifice.
immolating
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present participleof immolate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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She was spicy without immolating her targets, respectful without feeling phony or fawning.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2025
Yes, Emma Stone, Ms. Miller’s immediate predecessor in the role, was sensational, an immolating fireball of neurosis and vanity.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2015
We have to find a way of standing up for our principles without immolating ourselves in front of everybody.”
From Time ● Sep. 24, 2013
As a result, the practice of sati – or widows immolating themselves on their husbands’ funeral pyres – was abolished in Goa 200 years before the British banned it in the rest of India.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2011
And yet he had not spoken the truth; he had carried his devotion, his self-forgetfulness to the point of immolating himself to what he believed to be her happiness.
From Doctor Pascal by Mary J. (Mary Jane) Serrano
