self-immolation
noun
self-im·mo·la·tion
ˌself-ˌi-mə-ˈlā-shən 
: a deliberate and willing sacrifice of oneself often by fire
Examples of self-immolation in a Sentence
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His self-immolation, in a busy road junction in Saigon, was designed for maximum publicity, with journalists contacted beforehand.
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Austin Chen, theweek, 15 Mar. 2024
On Sunday, just more than 24 hours before the demonstration at 30 Rock, U.S. airman Aaron Bushnell died by self-immolation in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2024
Browne’s photograph, which is newly resonant today, enshrined the act of self-immolation as the most extreme form of protest.
—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
The extreme consequences of unfounded conspiratorial beliefs could be seen on the staircases of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and in the self-immolation of a protestor outside the courthouse holding the latest Trump trial.
—H. Colleen Sinclair, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2024
This isn't the first self-immolation to seize headlines this year.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
Through self-immolation, Bushnell made a desperate plea: Don’t be complicit in genocide, act now.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
This effort has included the suggestion that, on top of being supremely noble, self-immolation is also a conventional form of political protest, ...
—Becket Adams, National Review, 3 Mar. 2024
In the past few years, self-immolation has reëmerged as a form of protest in Putin’s Russia.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2024
Austin Chen, theweek, 15 Mar. 2024
On Sunday, just more than 24 hours before the demonstration at 30 Rock, U.S. airman Aaron Bushnell died by self-immolation in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2024
Browne’s photograph, which is newly resonant today, enshrined the act of self-immolation as the most extreme form of protest.
—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
The extreme consequences of unfounded conspiratorial beliefs could be seen on the staircases of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and in the self-immolation of a protestor outside the courthouse holding the latest Trump trial.
—H. Colleen Sinclair, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2024
This isn't the first self-immolation to seize headlines this year.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2024
Through self-immolation, Bushnell made a desperate plea: Don’t be complicit in genocide, act now.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
This effort has included the suggestion that, on top of being supremely noble, self-immolation is also a conventional form of political protest, ...
—Becket Adams, National Review, 3 Mar. 2024
In the past few years, self-immolation has reëmerged as a form of protest in Putin’s Russia.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Self-immolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-immolation. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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