immolator


im·mo·late

I0049700 (ĭm′ə-lāt′)tr.v. im·mo·lat·ed, im·mo·lat·ing, im·mo·lates 1. To kill (an animal, for instance) as a religious sacrifice.2. To kill, especially by fire: "[The soldiers] are crushed under rocks, pierced by bullets, immolated by flamethrowers" (A.O. Scott).
[Latin immolāre, immolāt-, to sacrifice, sprinkle with sacrificial meal : in-, on; see in-2 + mola, meal, millstone; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]
im′mo·la′tion n.im′mo·la′tor n.