as in to sacrifice
to give up as an offering to a god a ceremony in which they immolated their cherished possessions so that the gods would send rain

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Recent Examples of immolate There are other legal advisors who have similarly immolated their careers on his behalf. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023 Also immolated were irreplaceable family heirlooms. Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023 The album is front-loaded with familiar ruminations on immolating love, bubbling infatuations and shifting identities. Bobby Olivier, SPIN, 24 Mar. 2023 Particularly when Black families could not afford to leave the community after a lynching, or refused to, not sharing the details with one’s children was a way to protect them from more violence, as well as from the self-immolating rage and despair that might destroy them. Eric Herschthal, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for immolate 

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“Immolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immolate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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