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Sacrificeable
see synonyms of sacrificeableAdjective
1. sacrificeable
may be deliberately sacrificed to achieve an objective
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Sacrificeable
see synonyms of sacrificeablenoun
1.
a surrender of something of value as a means of gaining something more desirable or of preventing some evil
2.
a ritual killing of a person or animal with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity
3.
a symbolic offering of something to a deity
4.
the person, animal, or object surrendered, destroyed, killed, or offered
5.
a religious ceremony involving one or more sacrifices
6.
loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
7. chess
the act or an instance of sacrificing a piece
verb
8.
to make a sacrifice (of); give up, surrender, or destroy (a person, thing, etc)
9. chess
to permit or force one's opponent to capture (a piece) freely, as in playing a combination or gambit
he sacrificed his queen and checkmated his opponent on the next move
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Sacrificeable
see synonyms of sacrificeable noun
1.
a.
the act of offering the life of a person or animal, or some object, in propitiation of or homage to a deity
b.
something so offered
2.
a.
the act of giving up, destroying, permitting injury to, or forgoing something valued for the sake of something having a more pressing claim
b.
a thing so given up, etc.
3.
a.
a selling or giving up of something at less than its supposed value
b.
the loss incurred
4. US, Baseball
a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsacriˌficed or ˈsacriˌficing
5.
to offer as a sacrifice to God or a god
6.
to give up, destroy, permit injury to, or forgo (something valued) for the sake of something having a more pressing claim
7.
to sell at less than the supposed value
8. US, Baseball
to advance (a base runner) by means of a sacrifice
verb intransitive
9.
to offer or make a sacrifice
10. US, Baseball
to execute a sacrifice
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