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. 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 See All Example Sentences for immolation
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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
  • The film combines personal sacrifice with the broader struggle for independence.
    Jené Luciani Sena may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 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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