immolation

• Akt des Tötens oder Opferns, oft durch Verbrennen; auch die Selbstopferung durch Feuer.

A noun referring to the act of killing or offering someone or something as a sacrifice, often by burning.

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1. Sacrificial killingC1formal

   The act of killing a person or animal as a sacrifice, often by burning, especially as part of a religious ceremony or to make a symbolic offering.

   Opferung

   • The ancient ritual involved the immolation of a lamb to appease the gods.
   • The documentary described the practice of human immolation in certain cultures.
   • Protesters threatened self-immolation to draw attention to their cause.
   • The immolation of the effigy was the climax of the festival.

   Synonymeholocaustritual killingsacrifice