IMMOLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immolate mean? 

• IMMOLATE (verb)
  The verb IMMOLATE has 1 sense:

1. offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction

  Familiarity information: IMMOLATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMOLATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they immolate    ... he / she / it immolates   
Past simple: immolated   
Past participle: immolated   
-ing form: immolating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

immolate the valuables at the temple

Hypernyms (to "immolate" is one way to...):

sacrifice (make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

immolation (killing or offering as a sacrifice)