immolate
verb
im·mo·late
ˈi-mə-ˌlāt 
immolated; immolating
1
: to kill or destroy especially by fire
2
: to offer in sacrifice
especially
: to kill as a sacrificial victim
Examples of immolate in a Sentence
a man who immolated himself as an act of protest
a ceremony in which they immolated their cherished possessions so that the gods would send rain
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One is the Viking-style funeral for gang leader Ice, whose corpse is immolated astride his motorcycle.
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Helaine Williams, arkansasonline.com, 10 Aug. 2024
But what survives most of all is the film’s utter ruthlessness—its lack of compunction about immolating an elevator full of partygoers or bumping off its most sympathetic character in a fiery final stretch.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Once WeWork filed for an IPO, investor scrutiny of its sub-optimal management and cash immolating business model led to Neumann’s departure.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Saddam’s regime had destroyed almost all its WMD programs in the early 1990s but continued for a decade longer to give every indication of having kept much of them, immolating itself in the process.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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Helaine Williams, arkansasonline.com, 10 Aug. 2024
But what survives most of all is the film’s utter ruthlessness—its lack of compunction about immolating an elevator full of partygoers or bumping off its most sympathetic character in a fiery final stretch.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
Once WeWork filed for an IPO, investor scrutiny of its sub-optimal management and cash immolating business model led to Neumann’s departure.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Saddam’s regime had destroyed almost all its WMD programs in the early 1990s but continued for a decade longer to give every indication of having kept much of them, immolating itself in the process.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Immolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immolate. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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immolate
verb
im·mo·late
ˈim-ə-ˌlāt
immolated; immolating
: to kill as a sacrifice
immolation
noun
ˌim-ə-ˈlā-shən
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