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单词 immolation
释义

immolation

noun

im·​mo·​la·​tion ˌi-mə-ˈlā-shən How to pronounce immolation (audio)
1
: the act of immolating : the state of being immolated
2
: something that is immolated

Synonyms

  • offering
  • sacrifice
  • victim
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Police determined that the person, whose race and gender have not been determined due to extensive burns, died of self-immolation. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022 Adding an involved career to the journey of motherhood can also be an immolation of the heart. Brooklyn White, Essence, 11 Aug. 2022 Suicide is often deemed a newsworthy event—the death of a celebrity, the use of self-immolation as a protest tactic, or new data on suicide rates nationally are all certain to receive some measure of coverage. Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 21 July 2022 To the world, Basbous was Mohamed Bouazizi, a 27-year-old street vendor whose self-immolation ignited a movement. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022 An activist’s self-immolation stirs questions on faith and protest. Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022 And Seehorn is just unstoppable, shading Kim's dark turn as a simultaneous act of self-immolation and self-realization. Darren Franich, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022 Speakers described a Buddhist tradition of self-immolation as self sacrifice. Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2022 The death of a climate activist by self-immolation outside of the Supreme Court raises questions, debate over hopelessness and grief about climate change. Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

immolation

noun

as in sacrifice
something offered to a god the blood-drenched immolations that the ancient Aztecs annually offered by the thousands

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sacrifice
  • victim
  • offering
  • oblation
  • holocaust
  • contribution
  • propitiation
  • libation
  • donation
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