as in to sacrifice
to give up as an offering to a god a ceremony in which they immolated their cherished possessions so that the gods would send rain

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Recent Examples of immolate 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 There are other legal advisors who have similarly immolated their careers on his behalf. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for immolate

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“Immolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immolate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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