Synonyms of immolation

immolation

noun

ˌi-mə-ˈlā-shən 

as in sacrifice

something offered to a god

the blood-drenched immolations that the ancient Aztecs annually offered by the thousands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sacrifice
• victim
• offering
• contribution
• oblation
• propitiation
• libation
• donation
• holocaust

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of immolation

Advertisement On any one of those issues alone, Mamdani’s campaign could have been in a free fall if not conscripted to a quick and public immolation. — Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025

But the system wasn’t widespread or large-scale enough to save it from a planetary immolation — especially if several LIP events occurred at roughly the same time. — Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025

The immolation of the Bronx was all the more staggering because, a generation before, it had been filled with upwardly mobile residents in sturdy homes. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025

Jihadists carry out a suicide bombing, a ritual beheading, an immolation, a murder in a Western city, or some other such barbarism, and newspapers, magazines, and blogs demand or suggest an Islamic enlightenment. — John M. Owen Iv, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2015