SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
immolate
verb
To destroy, especially by fire, or offer as a sacrifice.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Destroy or sacrifice
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Usage distinction
Return to topImmolate usually suggests destruction by burning, especially sacrificial burning; sacrifice need not involve fire.
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See immolate in use
In the fantasy tale, a dragon can immolate an abandoned wooden fortress.
The priest's plan to immolate a treasured ceremonial model would destroy it by fire as an offering within the invented ritual.
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