immolation
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- noun
- /ˌɪməˈleɪʃən/
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inmolación
- Historical records indicate that immolation was used as a form of protest against oppressive regimes.
- self-immolation
- immolation scene
Examples
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The final and most detailed account of the self-immolation is also framed in multiple and complex ways.
Academic text (2013) -
The offering by Christ of himself to the Father as a propitiatory victim in his voluntary immolation upon the cross, b.
Academic text (1991) -
The chance of a lifetime: the rite of immolation.
Fiction book (1995) -
The latest plan involves the simultaneous immolation of forty villages, some of them miles apart, at dawn on All Souls' Day.
Fiction book (1990) -
The same can be said about the Tibetan monks who use self-immolation against the "One China" piety.
Blog text (18) -
Far from being a "comedy" swiftly unfolding to a jubilant end, the Christian story tells of God's self-emptying, self-immolation, and self-abandonment.
Academic text (2009) -
The ancient practice of immolation was often performed as a sacrifice to the gods.
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The community held a vigil in memory of the victims of brutal immolation during the protests.
Synonyms
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An act of killing an animal or person as an offering in a religious ceremony
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Killing a person by setting them on fire as punishment
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A way of killing someone by tying them to a post and setting them on fire as punishment
Antonyms
Compounds
How Violent
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- Offensive
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820
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Immolation comes from the Latin immolare, which first meant to sprinkle mola ('meal', or ground grain) on an offering during a ceremony. Over time that act came to mean 'sacrifice' and often involved fire, so immolation now means killing or offering someone or something as a sacrifice, especially by burning.