be sacrificed on the altar of sth
literaryto be destroyed by an activity, system, or belief that is bad but more important or more powerful:
Service and quality have been sacrificed on the altar of profit.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- apocalypse
- blast
- blast/blow sb/sth to kingdom come idiom
- blow, bomb, wipe, etc. sth off the map idiom
- kill sth off
- kill the goose that lays the golden egg idiom
- knock
- knock sth down
- knock sth out
- sacrifice
- sink
- smash
- stave sth in
- take sb/sth out
- tear 1
- tear sth apart
- tear sth down
- teardown
- wipe
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