immolateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/us/ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/formalto kill yourself or someone else, or to destroy something, usually by burning, in a formal ceremony
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Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- decimation
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- killer
- life-threatening
- malignant
- mortally
- put sth down 1
- shooting
- slaughterhouse
- suicide
- terminal
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Burning, burnt & on fire
immolation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪm.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɪm.əˈleɪ.ʃən/