immolate
verb
im·mo·late
ˈi-mə-ˌlāt 
immolated; immolating
1
: to kill or destroy especially by fire
2
: to offer in sacrifice
especially
: to kill as a sacrificial victim
Examples of immolate in a Sentence
a man who immolated himself as an act of protest
a ceremony in which they immolated their cherished possessions so that the gods would send rain
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Jane Lacroix, People.com, 15 May 2025
Because the courts were never going to be a substitute for Congress and the public standing up to a self-immolating executive branch.
—Leah Litman, TIME, 28 Feb. 2025
Advertisement To some, the self-immolating media blitz recast Crowley as willing to speak truth to power and stand up for her troops amid one of the worst urban firestorms in California history.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Before swaths of the city immolated, the Democratic mayor of an overwhelmingly Democratic city was widely expected to sail into a second term with no serious opponents in the 2026 election.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Immolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immolate. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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immolate
verb
im·mo·late
ˈim-ə-ˌlāt
immolated; immolating
: to kill as a sacrifice
immolation
noun
ˌim-ə-ˈlā-shən
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