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Recent Examples of self-immolation
Later, when Doyle comes into some mysterious bags of cash, and heads toward the mainland with a bottle of booze, a boat, and one last chance to go out in a blaze of self-immolation, Farrell manages to mix dread and adrenaline into every silent expression.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
In late 2010, Facebook became revered as the gold standard of revolutionary organizing, sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa following the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The two spend a night together by the shore, and Doyle awakens with numbers penned on his palm: a test of character that raises his already bombastic redemption/self-immolation several notches higher.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
During a brief period following the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when China further opened its doors to the outside world, Tibet was rocked by protests by monks and nuns, and then a series of self-immolations.
—Reuters, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
Snyder’s origin story introduces Kal-el and Krypton’s most fascist generals (led by Michael Shannon’s explosive General Zod) as the only survivors of their advanced world’s self-immolation.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025
But also, there’s a hunger for leadership in opposition to this administration, and the Democrats are losing an opportunity to be those leaders with their endless self-immolation.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
According to Hindu mythology, the Hinglaj Devi temple is one of the sites where the remains of Sati, a goddess of marital devotion and longevity, fell to earth after her self-immolation.
—Zia Ur-Rehman Asim Hafeez, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The self-immolation, which resulted in Azzarello’s death, set a dramatic and dark tone at the trial’s outset but ultimately faded into the background of the historic case.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 28 May 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
In late 2010, Facebook became revered as the gold standard of revolutionary organizing, sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa following the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The two spend a night together by the shore, and Doyle awakens with numbers penned on his palm: a test of character that raises his already bombastic redemption/self-immolation several notches higher.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
During a brief period following the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when China further opened its doors to the outside world, Tibet was rocked by protests by monks and nuns, and then a series of self-immolations.
—Reuters, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
Snyder’s origin story introduces Kal-el and Krypton’s most fascist generals (led by Michael Shannon’s explosive General Zod) as the only survivors of their advanced world’s self-immolation.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025
But also, there’s a hunger for leadership in opposition to this administration, and the Democrats are losing an opportunity to be those leaders with their endless self-immolation.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
According to Hindu mythology, the Hinglaj Devi temple is one of the sites where the remains of Sati, a goddess of marital devotion and longevity, fell to earth after her self-immolation.
—Zia Ur-Rehman Asim Hafeez, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The self-immolation, which resulted in Azzarello’s death, set a dramatic and dark tone at the trial’s outset but ultimately faded into the background of the historic case.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 28 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-immolation
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And he is compelled by a righteous fury to warn others of his son’s dark path to self-annihilation.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
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This, at his best, is Crews’s subject: the relationship between art and self-annihilation—and whether the price of becoming the boy in the picture is too high to be paid by the one stumbling through the dark.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The technique was initially practiced alone, but in 1260 a hermit in Perugia launched a movement, and organized processions of mass self-flagellation broke out across Italy.—
Michael Robbins,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Ever since Kamala Harris lost the election, the Democratic Party has been on a nationwide self-flagellation tour.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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“Self-immolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-immolation. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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