self-immolation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of self-immolation
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, these reporters can’t help but do what they do, so in love with their jobs, they press on, smiling at their own self-immolation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
All this comes on the heels of some questionable behavior and ill-advised alliances, among them: the divorce from Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson, hanging around with Jeffrey Epstein, and the self-immolation by TV interview in 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
His death, captured in an iconic photo by American photographer Malcolm Browne, drew global attention to Vietnam — and to political self-immolation.
From Salon ● May 4, 2024
Two main theories have been articulated in the media to explain this legal self-immolation.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2023
She felt that she was coming to a supreme sacrifice, self-immolation, but that the setting was superb and the climax must be magnificent!
From The Salamander by Owen Johnson
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