sacrificial

Relating to or used in a sacrifice; describing something offered as a sacrifice.

• 🇩🇪Das Opfer betreffend, zum Opfern gehörend oder als Opfer dienend; beschreibt etwas, das geopfert wird.

1. Related to sacrifice B2 formal

   Used in or connected with the act of offering something valuable, often to a deity or for a greater purpose.

   • The priest performed the sacrificial ritual at the temple.
   • They offered a sacrificial lamb during the ceremony.
   • The altar was used for sacrificial purposes in ancient times.

   🇩🇪Opfer-

   Synonyme: expiatorypropitiatoryvotive

2. Involving personal loss B2 formal

   Involving the giving up of something important for the sake of others or a cause.

   • She made a sacrificial decision to leave her job and care for her family.
   • The soldier's sacrificial act saved his comrades.
   • Many volunteers engage in sacrificial work for charity.

   🇩🇪Aufopferungsvoll

   Synonyme: altruisticgivingself-denyingself-sacrificingselflessunselfish

   Antonyme: greedyself-servingselfish

• more sacrificial comparative form
• most sacrificial superlative form