Immolate – 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam

Definition of Immolate from 601 Words You Need to Know in visual dictionary and thesaurus and in authentic context with real examples for advanced English learners

/ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/ (verb)

Definition

to sacrifice or kill someone including yourself especially through burning, victimize, slaughter, commit suicide as a protest, kill someone or yourself as a ritual sacrifice, offer up – give up, renounce, relinquish

Example

Self-immolation was a relatively common protest tactic among Buddhists in South Vietnam, anti-communists in Czechoslovakia during the mid 20th century and continues to be used by Tibetans protesting rule of Tibet by China and Crimean Tatars protesting forced deportation from their land.

Source of example: https://en.wikipedia.org

Parts of speech

Noun: immolation

Noun: immolator

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