to immolate oneself

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• immolate — /ˈɪməleɪt / (say imuhlayt) verb (t) (immolated, immolating) 1. to sacrifice. 2. to kill as a sacrificial victim; offer in sacrifice. –phrase 3. immolate oneself, to practise self immolation. {Latin immolātus, past participle, sacrificed,… …  

• self-immolate — /sɛlf ˈɪməleɪt/ (say self imuhlayt) verb (i) (self immolated, self immolating) to commit suicide by dousing oneself with petrol and then setting oneself on fire, especially as a political protest …  

• sacrifice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. oblation, offering, hecatomb, holocaust; immolation, self denial. v. t. renounce, give up; immolate. See giving, idolatry, atonement, destruction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An offering to a deity] Syn.… …   English dictionary for students

• Self-immolation — This is an article on the ritualistic suicide practice. For the record company, see Self Immolation. Self immolation is often used to refer to suicide by fire. The Latin root of immolate means sacrifice , rather than referring to burning, so more …   Wikipedia

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• Killing — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Destruction of live PARAG:Killing >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 killing killing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 homicide homicide manslaughter murder assassination trucidation| iccusion| Sgm: N 1 effusion of blood effusion of blood …   English dictionary for students

• Suicide — For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). Suicide Classification and external resources …   Wikipedia

• killing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of one that kills Nouns 1. killing, homicide, manslaughter, murder, assassination, murder most foul; bloodshed, bloodletting, slaughter, carnage, butchery, extermination, decimation, annihilation,… …   English dictionary for students

• self-immolation — noun Date: 1799 a deliberate and willing sacrifice of oneself often by fire • self immolate verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• offer — 1. verb 1) Chris offered another suggestion Syn: put forward, proffer, provide, give, present, come up with, suggest, extend, recommend, propose, advance, submit, tender, render Ant …   Thesaurus of popular words

• kill — v 1. slay, murder, assassinate, poison, do to death, liquidate, erase, blot or wipe out, put an end to, get rid of, put away, put out of the way, silence, carry off, remove, dispatch, finish, finish off, do for, fix, settle, lay out, lay low, Inf …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder