im·mo·late 
(
ĭm
ə-l
āt
′)
tr.v. im·mo·lat·ed,
im·mo·lat·ing,
im·mo·lates 1. To kill (an animal, for instance) as a religious sacrifice.
2. To kill, especially by fire: "[The soldiers] are crushed under rocks, pierced by bullets, immolated by flamethrowers" (A.O. Scott).
[Latin immolāre, immolāt-, to sacrifice, sprinkle with sacrificial meal : in-, on; see IN-2 + mola, meal, millstone; see melə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
im′mo·lation n.
immo·la′tor n.