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IMMOLATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Killing or offering as a sacrifice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("immolation" is a kind of...):
ritual killing; sacrifice (the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity)
Derivation:
immolate (offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction)