immolated

verb

past tense of immolate
as in sacrificed
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 immolated For instance, in Atlanta a man self- immolated in front of the Israeli embassy. — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immolated
  1. sacrificed
  2. offered
Verb
  • Too often in the past Tottenham have sacrificed the former in pursuit of the latter.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Music plays a key role here, as the show used the old theme as a sort of sacred cow to be sacrificed, further giving way for something else to come.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of sacrificed
Verb
  • Glutathione was offered to firefighters during recent blazes that destroyed hundreds of buildings in and around Spokane, Washington.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The Red Sox’s Sonny Gray offered up a middle-middle fastball in the fourth, and Devers sent it 412 feet over the center-field fence.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of offered

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“Immolated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immolated. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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