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im⋅mo⋅la⋅tion

  [im-uh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. an act or instance of immolating.
2. the state of being immolated.
3. a sacrifice.
Origin:
1525–35; < L immolātiōn- (s. of immolātiō) offering, sacrifice. See immolate, -ion
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im·mo·late   (ĭm'ə-lāt')   
tr.v.   im·mo·lat·ed, im·mo·lat·ing, im·mo·lates

  1. To kill as a sacrifice.

  2. To kill (oneself) by fire.

  3. To destroy.


[Latin immolāre, immolāt-, to sacrifice, sprinkle with sacrificial meal : in-, on; see in-2 + mola, meal, millstone; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]
im'mo·la'tion n., im'mo·la'tor n.
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