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Immolate

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Verb (transitive)
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im=mo=late

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Immolate has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Immolatev. t. [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal; pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt; also, mill. See Molar, Meal ground grain.].
  •  To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.  [1913 Webster]
    "Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of women."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To destroy by fire.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Immolate, v.tr.
1 kill or offer as a sacrifice.
2 literary sacrifice (a valued thing).

Derivative
immolation n. immolator n.
Etymology
L immolare sprinkle with sacrificial meal (as IN-(2), mola MEAL(2))

THESAURUS

Immolate

annihilate, appease, bereave of life, carry away, carry off, chloroform, cut down, cut off, deprive of life, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do for, do to death, end, execute, exterminate, finish, finish off, immolate before, kill, launch into eternity, liquidate, lynch, make away with, make propitiation, make sacrifice to, martyr, martyrize, offer sacrifice, poison, propitiate, purge, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, remove from life, sacrifice, slay, starve, take life, take off, victimize

ROGET THESAURUS

Immolate

Giving

VB deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of, hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over, assign dower, present, give away, dispense, dispose of, give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out, pay, render, impart, communicate, concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast, spend, give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign, intrust, consign, vest in, make a present, allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota, invest, endow, settle upon, bequeath, leave, devise, furnish, supply, help, administer to, afford, spare, accommodate with, indulge with, favor with, shower down upon, lavish, pour on, thrust upon, tip, bribe, tickle the palm, grease the palm, offer, sacrifice, immolate.

Killing

VB kill, put to death, slay, shed blood, murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate, massacre, take away life, deprive of life, make away with, put an end to, despatch, dispatch, burke, settle, do for, strangle, garrote, hang, throttle, choke, stifle, suffocate, stop the breath, smother, asphyxiate, drown, saber, cut down, cut to pieces, cut the throat, jugulate, stab, run through the body, bayonet, eviscerate, put to the sword, put to the edge of the sword, shoot dead, blow one's brains out, brain, knock on the head, stone, lapidate, give a deathblow, deal a deathblow, give a quietus, give a coupe de grace, behead, bowstring, electrocute, gas, hunt, shoot, cut off, nip in the bud, launch into eternity, send to one's last account, sign one's death warrant, strike the death knell of, give no quarter, pour out blood like water, decimate, run amuck, wade knee deep in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood, die a violent death, welter in one's blood, dash out one's brains, blow out one's brains, commit suicide, kill oneself, make away with oneself, put an end to oneself, put an end to it all.

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