Meaning & use
Immolate
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To kill or destroy someone or something, especially by fire, as a sacrifice.
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Protesters have occasionally chosen to immolate themselves as an extreme political statement.
The ancient text describes priests who would immolate a bull at the altar.
A note on using this word
Today the word is almost always used in the specific sense of 'self-immolation', dying by setting oneself on fire.
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