Synonyms of immolate

immolate

verb

ˈi-mə-ˌlāt 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sacrifice
• offer
• give
• dedicate
• devote
• consecrate
• surrender
• yield
• hand over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of immolate

Three factions, three agendas, one nestled inside the next like a Russian doll: garden-variety Trumpian power-lust and piracy, covering over a deeper plan to radically winnow down the government, covering over a still deeper fever dream of completely immolating the government. —Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025

Because the courts were never going to be a substitute for Congress and the public standing up to a self-immolating executive branch. —Leah Litman, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025

Advertisement To some, the self-immolating media blitz recast Crowley as willing to speak truth to power and stand up for her troops amid one of the worst urban firestorms in California history. —Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025

Hart thus far has used his own mysterious power to immolate both a young boy and Emperor Corrino’s (Mark Strong) trusted Truthsayer Kasha, and severely singe Emperor Richese. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 Dec. 2024