immolate
im·mo·late
verb
1.
offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
- “The Aztecs immolated human victims”
- “immolate the valuables at the temple”
Origin
The adjective is first attested in 1534, the verb in 1548; borrowed from Latin immolātus, perfect passive participle of immolō (“to sacrifice”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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