immolate Definition

immolate
verb immolated, immolating

1. To kill or offer as a sacrifice.
2. literary
To give up (something highly prized or valued).

Derivative: immolation

An act of immolating.

Something that is sacrificed.

Derivative: immolator
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin immolare to sprinkle (the sacrificial victim) with meal before sacrificing it.