immolation

Definition of Immolation in English :

1. immolation

killing or offering as a sacrifice

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Immolation

verb (transitive)

1.

to kill or offer as a sacrifice, esp by fire

2. literary

to sacrifice (something highly valued)

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈimmoˌlated or ˈimmoˌlating

1.

to sacrifice; esp., to offer or kill as a sacrifice

2.

to kill or destroy

tr.v. im·mo·lat·ed, im·mo·lat·ing, im·mo·lates

1. To kill (an animal, for instance) as a religious sacrifice.

2. To kill, especially by fire: "[The soldiers] are crushed under rocks, pierced by bullets, immolated by flamethrowers" (A.O. Scott).