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immolated

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im·mo·late

   [im-uh-leyt]
–verb (used with object),-lat·ed, -lat·ing.
1.
to sacrifice.
2.
to kill as a sacrificial victim, as by fire; offer in sacrifice.
3.
to destroy by fire.
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Origin:
1540–50; < L immolātus, ptp. of immolāre to sprinkle with holy meal prior to sacrificing, sacrifice, equiv. to im- im-1 + mol(a) sacrificial barley cake, lit., millstone (see mill1) + -ātus -ate1

—Related forms
im·mo·la·tor, noun
un·im·mo·lat·ed, adjective

—Can be confused: emulate, immolate.
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immolate
1548, "to sacrifice, kill as a victim," originally an adj. (1534), from L. immolatus, pp. of immolare "to sacrifice," originally "to sprinkle with sacrificial meal," from in- "upon" + mola (salsa) "(sacrificial) meal," related to molere "to grind."
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