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immolate

verb

Reveal meaning and examples

To destroy, especially by fire, or offer as a sacrifice.

In the fantasy tale, a dragon can immolate an abandoned wooden fortress.
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The priest's plan to immolate a treasured ceremonial model would destroy it by fire as an offering within the invented ritual.
From A Fantasy Novel and Its Readers.
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