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单词 self-immolated
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self-immolatedadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈɪməleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈɪməˌleɪdᵻd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, immolated adj. at immolate v. Derivatives
Etymology: < self- prefix + immolated adj. at immolate v. Derivatives. Compare self-immolation n. and later self-immolate v.
That has sacrificed or killed oneself, now esp. by setting fire to oneself as a form of protest. Often figurative and in figurative contexts.
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the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [adjective] > having committed suicide
self-slaughtered1594
self-murdered1598
self-killed1609
self-slain1615
self-immolated1799
suicided1841
1799 Sketches Mod. Life II. 140 ‘He surely meditates suicide.’.. He beheld his friend the self-immolated victim.
1815 Xerxes the Great iv. i. 31 I'll hazard all for love;..And..die, Self-immolated to unconquerable passion.
1902 S. E. Rogers Free Lance of Streets iv. 123 The self-immolated victim on the altar of filial devotion bore herself with heroic courage.
1917 K. H. M. Diver Unconquered vi. 65 A Viking self-immolated on the deck of his blazing barque.
1965 A. T. Bouscaren Last of Mandarins viii. 100 Referring to the self-immolated monk, the London Economist..commented: ‘The macabre incident..suggests a kind of religious fanaticism.’
1990 Washington Post 20 Nov. b1/6 Investigators were able to determine only that the self-immolated body was that of a white man.
2008 Social Res. 75 546 Those self-immolated protesters..viewed themselves as the rightful representative of oppressed people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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