"immolate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɪm.əʊ.leɪt/ [UK], /ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/ [UK], /ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/ [US] Audio: en-au-immolate.ogg [Australia] Forms: immolates [present, singular, third-person], immolating [participle, present], immolated [participle, past], immolated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin immolō (“I sacrifice”) (past participle immolātus). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*melh₂-}}, {{bor|en|la|immolō||I sacrifice}} Latin immolō (“I sacrifice”), {{m|la|immolātus}} immolātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} immolate (third-person singular simple present immolates, present participle immolating, simple past and past participle immolated)
  1. To kill as a sacrifice. Translations (kill as sacrifice): ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa) (Arabic), զոհաբերել (zohaberel) (Armenian), զենել (zenel) (Armenian), принасям в жертва (prinasjam v žertva) (Bulgarian), immolar (Catalan), sacrificar (Catalan), offeren (Dutch), uhrata (Finnish), immoler (French), sacrifier (French), opfern (German), immolare (Italian), sacrificare (Italian), ofre (Norwegian Bokmål), sacrificar (Portuguese), imolar (Portuguese), imola (Romanian), sacrifica (Romanian), соверша́ть жертвоприноше́ние (soveršátʹ žertvoprinošénije) (Russian), приноси́ть в жертву (prinosítʹ v žertvu) (Russian), inmolar (Spanish), sacrificar (Spanish), offra (Swedish), དམར་མཆོད་བྱེད་པ (dmar mchod byed pa) (Tibetan), прино́сити в же́ртву (prynósyty v žértvu) (Ukrainian), tự thiêu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-immolate-en-verb-6o172E2N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'kill as sacrifice': 89 11
  2. To kill or destroy, especially by fire. Categories (topical): Fire Translations (destroy): ողջակիզել (oġǰakizel) (Armenian), immolar (Catalan), vernietigen (Dutch), tuhota (Finnish), polttaa (Finnish), immoler (French), zerstören (German), imolar (Portuguese), сжига́ть (sžigátʹ) (Russian), inmolar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-immolate-en-verb--p2SvmF8 Disambiguation of Fire: 37 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'destroy': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-immolate, self-immolation Related terms: immolation

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "destroy",
      "word": "imolar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sžigátʹ",
      "sense": "destroy",
      "word": "сжига́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "destroy",
      "word": "inmolar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "immolate"
}

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