immolate

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Historically, the word immolate had been used by Fathers and theologians of the Church to refer to the eucharist as a commemoration of the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ.

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  1. transitive verb To kill as a sacrifice.
  2. transitive verb To kill (oneself) by fire.
  3. transitive verb To destroy.

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  • Any attempt to hijack your cellular function or alter your genetic makeup will cause that cell to self-immolate. —  FSF - May2006
  • Historically, the word immolate had been used by Fathers and theologians of the Church to refer to the eucharist as a commemoration of the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ. —  Reformation Theology
  • But Detroiters don't want to hear it, so they will continue to self-immolate and bring the whole SE region of Michigan down with them.
  • Their craziness, aside from firing their blood lust, left them incapable of grasping that, when countries or cultures self-immolate, very little emerges from the ashes but further chaos and death. —  Webloggin
  • With less than two months until election day, and with early voting set to begin in half that time, you can't rely on Palin to self-immolate. —  Top Stories - Google News
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  1. Latin immolāre, immolāt-, to sacrifice, sprinkle with sacrificial meal : in-, on; see in-2 + mola, meal, millstone; see melə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin immolatus, inmolatus, past participle of immolare, inmolare (later Italian immolare = Portuguese immolar = Spanish inmolar = French immoler), sacrifice, orig. sprinkle (the victim) with sacrificial meal (meal mixed with salt), from in, on, + mola, meal mixed with salt, grits, also a mill: see mill, mole.
 

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