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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immolation
sacrifice
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For Chinese authorities, this was a story of national unity, collective sacrifice, and ultimate victory over the virus.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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This was particularly present in the dynamic between Bobby's widow, Athena (Angela Bassett), and Chim (Kenneth Choi), who's alive because of Bobby's sacrifice.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Immolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immolation. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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