Defenition of the word sacrifice
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Defenition of the word sacrifice
- A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
- Something surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective.
- To force a serious deprivation.
- To Immolate victims to a deity.
- the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- (in baseball) an out that advances the base runners
- personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
- kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
- make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- sell at a loss
- endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
- the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- (sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
- a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- kill or destroy
- endure the loss of
Synonyms for the word sacrifice
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- forfeit
- forfeiture
- give
- ritual killing
Hyponyms for the word sacrifice
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- hecatomb
- immolate
- immolation
- sacrifice fly
Hypernyms for the word sacrifice
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- act
- deed
- free
- give up
- human action
- human activity
- kill
- killing
- loss
- offer
- offer up
- personnel casualty
- putout
- putting to death
- release
- relinquish
- resign
- sell
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