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immolated

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for immolated.

Editorial note

The coalition has immolated itself on a pyre of fake compassion for migrants—actually a quest for cheap labor.

Examples13
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

To kill as a sacrifice by burning.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of immolated gathered in one view.

verb

To kill as a sacrifice by burning.

verb

To kill, harm, or destroy by fire.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for immolated.

verb

To kill as a sacrifice by burning.

verb

To kill, harm, or destroy by fire.

Example sentences

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The coalition has immolated itself on a pyre of fake compassion for migrants—actually a quest for cheap labor.

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But in my example just the web server immolated and the backup tapes sitting next to it melted.

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The amount of political capital immolated for the sake of this course of action is flatly embarrassing.

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Reddit self immolated, so many of my niche areas of interest now can't be explored any more.

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Most astonishingly, there was also an American woman who self-immolated several months ago on Dec 1st 2023 in Atlanta.

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The most powerful climate change denialist and impediment to progress, by far, to doing something to address climate denialist just self-immolated.

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The fact that they could have simply immolated everyone in the country doesn't make it one bit less of a crime.

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Europe leaned hard into austerity and self immolated while the US just grew our way out of it and into the future.

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Google search self immolated, so there are far fewer ways to find interesting things.

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A US military software engineer even self immolated recently in protest of what's happening.

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Bruno was a singular immolation for multiple heresy's, the Cathari were immolated en masse along with non heretics (for God to sort out)..

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I mean there have been over 150 Tibetans who have self immolated just in the last decade and a half as a protest against Chinese actions in Tibet.

Quote examples

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In the town of Beziers, a mathematics teacher slightly more than a year ago set herself on fire in the school's courtyard--an "act of desperation" that investigators attributed to "professional reasons." Last summer in the Parisian suburb of Mantes-la-Jolie, an unemployed man, learning his welfare benefits had come to an end, immolated himself outside the local unemployment office.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use immolated in a sentence?

The coalition has immolated itself on a pyre of fake compassion for migrants—actually a quest for cheap labor.

What does immolated mean?

To kill as a sacrifice by burning.

What part of speech is immolated?

immolated is commonly used as verb.