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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Recent Examples of immolation
Schlesinger’s joke about the doomed, obsolete 13-letter Hollywoodland sign hints at the self-hatred that now pervades the Anglosphere and suggests that the immolation starts from the inside.
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Armond White, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
In 2023, drought and unusually high temperatures led to the immolation of 37 million acres of Canadian land.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
Ten people were murdered in the New York City subway system last year — including the recent, random and gruesome immolation of a homeless New Jersey woman asleep on a Brooklyn train — up from five murders in 2023.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
Several social media users responded to Hochul's tweet with graphic footage of the immolation.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
In 2023, drought and unusually high temperatures led to the immolation of 37 million acres of Canadian land.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025
Ten people were murdered in the New York City subway system last year — including the recent, random and gruesome immolation of a homeless New Jersey woman asleep on a Brooklyn train — up from five murders in 2023.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
Several social media users responded to Hochul's tweet with graphic footage of the immolation.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immolation
sacrifice
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Alessa Li shouldn’t be surprised that she and her cohort at the Hellebore Technical Institute for the Gifted have been prepared as human sacrifices, considering that she was kidnapped in the first place.—
Natalie Zutter
June 30,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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The film combines personal sacrifice with the broader struggle for independence.—
Jené Luciani Sena
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30 June 2025
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“Immolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immolation. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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