as in offered
to give up as an offering to a god
according to the Old Testament, Abraham was willing to sacrifice even his son to God
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Recent Examples of sacrificed
All of these questions about her character development are sacrificed for intricate narrative mechanics.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Our Founders and our military sacrificed to preserve our democracy.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Those lives were sacrificed on the altar of national honor.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The 24-year-old wing has sacrificed some of his scoring load in exchange for putting together his best all-around season for the Toronto Raptors.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Over hundreds of years, oaks growing along the Inner Passage absorbed the sight of angled elbows against the land, backs bent, as hundreds of men sacrificed their lives to carve canals from the swamp.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Caine expressed his gratitude to the service members who sacrificed so much, and endured uncomfortable and unpredictable days on behalf of their nation.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
If the creation of a new labor force once required the sacrifice of the worker-god to animate worker-humans, pieces from this exhibition show artists working to interpret how the worker-human has been continuously sacrificed to animate our new worker-machines.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Betts credited the team’s selflessness, how players sacrificed for one another, for the good of the team.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Our Founders and our military sacrificed to preserve our democracy.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Those lives were sacrificed on the altar of national honor.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
The 24-year-old wing has sacrificed some of his scoring load in exchange for putting together his best all-around season for the Toronto Raptors.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Over hundreds of years, oaks growing along the Inner Passage absorbed the sight of angled elbows against the land, backs bent, as hundreds of men sacrificed their lives to carve canals from the swamp.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Caine expressed his gratitude to the service members who sacrificed so much, and endured uncomfortable and unpredictable days on behalf of their nation.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
If the creation of a new labor force once required the sacrifice of the worker-god to animate worker-humans, pieces from this exhibition show artists working to interpret how the worker-human has been continuously sacrificed to animate our new worker-machines.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Betts credited the team’s selflessness, how players sacrificed for one another, for the good of the team.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacrificed
offered
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Nichols offered a maximum sentence of 40 years without the ability to appeal in exchange for a guilty plea from Terry Rose.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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During an all-Glee edition of Celebrity Weakest Link in 2025, Overstreet shocked his former colleagues by revealing he was offered $100,000 to appear nude in Playgirl.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Sacrificed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrificed. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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