as in sacrifice
something offered to a god
the blood-drenched immolations that the ancient Aztecs annually offered by the thousands
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And in 2012, Kentucky faced Louisville — and Rick Pitino, the coach who had resurrected the Wildcats and led them to a national title — in a national semifinal that threatened to send the Commonwealth, as well as nearly 73,000 fans at the Superdome, into rapturous immolation.
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New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022
The risks of financial immolation are great.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2023
Investigators placed on Sabatini’s trail may have drawn overly severe conclusions in some areas, and Whitehead and Sabatini may have missed a chance for a less destructive resolution, one that didn’t cause the professional immolation of a top cell biologist and the dismantling of a world-class lab.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
The shares staggered lower over the following months, culminating in a record one-day immolation of market value of $251 billion on Feb. 3, when the company announced disappointing results for the fourth quarter of 2021.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
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New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022
The risks of financial immolation are great.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2023
Investigators placed on Sabatini’s trail may have drawn overly severe conclusions in some areas, and Whitehead and Sabatini may have missed a chance for a less destructive resolution, one that didn’t cause the professional immolation of a top cell biologist and the dismantling of a world-class lab.
—BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
The shares staggered lower over the following months, culminating in a record one-day immolation of market value of $251 billion on Feb. 3, when the company announced disappointing results for the fourth quarter of 2021.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
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“Immolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immolation. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.
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