immolating
- present participle of immolate.
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
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
Immolā′tion, act of immolating: a sacrifice; Imm′olator, one who immolates or offers sacrifice.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
