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
She defies the gods, falls in love with a heroic dragon-slayer and ultimately redeems the world through love before immolating herself.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
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 Henry later told us, 'God only knows what His Holiness thought, seeing the American Secretary of Defense immolating himself, and the entire American party applauding the fact.'
From Time ● Feb. 4, 2010
They offer worship to woods, to nymphs, and other genii, immolating victims to them, and prophesying in the act.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
