| 单词 | immolate |
| 释义 | immolate (once / 6844 pages) v Immolate is a verb that means to destroy something or someone, usually using fire, as a sacrifice to a higher cause. Do not try this at home. To protest the Vietnam War, some Buddhist monks would pour gasoline on their body, light a match, and immolate themselves, hoping that their fiery death would bring attention to the horror of war. The word comes from the Latin immolare, which means “sprinkled with sacrificial meal,” in reference to rituals where wheat grain would be sprinkled on the heads of human sacrifices. Immolation is a powerful statement, but talking it out is always a safer and less depressing option. WORD FAMILYimmolate: immolated, immolates, immolating, immolation+/immolation: immolations USAGE EXAMPLESI have seen a democracy immolate itself at the feet of a demagogue once. Washington Post(Nov 09, 2016) Still, to avoid the possibility of the spread of disease, any deer that occasionally swim onto the island are killed and immolated. New York Times(Sep 14, 2016) Oswald’s imagination was simultaneously empathic and lethal: she immolated instantaneously whatever she dreamed up. The New Yorker(Sep 05, 2016) v offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction The Aztecs immolated human victims immolate the valuables at the temple Hyper sacrifice make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals |
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