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- noun Plural form of
immolator .
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Examples
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In the same way that admiration which all feel for acts of self-denial done for the good of others, and tending even towards the destruction of the actor, could hardly be accounted for on Darwinian principles alone; for self-immolators must but rarely leave direct descendants, while the community they benefit must by their destruction tend, so far, to {193} morally deteriorate.
On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart
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The number of these self-immolators certainly amounted to many thousands.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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The holy race supplied the victim and the immolators.
Tancred Or, The New Crusade Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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The immolators were preordained like the victim, and the holy race supplied both.
Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography Benjamin Disraeli 1842
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Most of the immolators were Buddhist monks and nuns chanting for Tibetan freedom and the Dalai Lama 's return.
Forbes.com: News Robert Olsen 2012
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China has branded the immolators as terrorists and blamed Tibetan separatist forces for fomenting hatred among the people.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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Buddhist monks and students across the globe, head the list of self-immolators in the modern world.
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