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.
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Parts of speech
Noun: immolation
Noun: immolator
