sacrificial
8
5.8
- adjective
- /ˌsækrɪˈfɪʃəl/
:
sacrificatorio
- I believe I'm called to love my neighbor in a way that is sacrificial that that isn't.
- self-sacrificial
- sacrificial love
- sacrificial victim
Here's the the the final word, a sacrificial blank check signed over to his loved ones.
- Here's the the the final word, a sacrificial blank check signed over to his loved ones.
- I'm a bit nervous about it now and I think you will get a Salem tipping point where everyone just says and it does have to start with a few sacrificial lambs.
- Be the sacrificial, sacrificial lamb for all of the world, right?
- So my entire existence is to love my wife sacrificial to the point of death.
- There are there are these Sentinel, Oh my God, sacrificial anodes.
- You always have the helpers and other sacrificial party people to sort of drop off along the way.
Examples
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My parents had offered me to him like a sacrificial lamb on the altar of family tradition.
Fiction book (1997) -
You could make your life about sacrificial love.
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So my entire existence is to love my wife sacrificial to the point of death.
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Hope resides in the sacrificial death of the ego.
Academic text (1994) -
Brittain understood the action required of war fighters in sacrificial terms.
Academic text (1991) -
We see a gamut of emotions cross her face, but her posture is passive and sacrificial.
Fiction book (1997) -
The soldier made a sacrificial decision to protect his comrades during the battle.
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Many cultures honor their heroes with sacrificial practices that symbolize loyalty and bravery.
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Parents often make sacrificial choices to ensure a better future for their children.
Synonyms
5
5.5
Ready to give up your own needs to help others
Compounds
How Selfless
8
5.8
72
3.2
23
6.7
328
1.6
458
1.0
1
6.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sacrificial comes from Latin parts sacer 'sacred' and facere 'to make', like in sacrifice and sacred. A helpful way to remember is to think of offering something to the sacred, so sacrificial means giving up or risking something to help others.