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sacrifice

English

  1. 🔊 (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
  2. 🔊 the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
  3. 🔊 personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
  4. 🔊 a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
    “he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice”
  5. 🔊 the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
  6. 🔊 kill or destroy
    “The animals were sacrificed after the experiment”
  7. 🔊 make a sacrifice of
  8. 🔊 endure the loss of
    “He gave his life for his children”
  9. 🔊 sell at a loss

Spanish

  1. 🔊 sacrificio sacrifice
  2. 🔊 sacrificar to sacrifice

Similar words

forfeit forfeiture ritual killing give abandon abandonment abjuration abjure altruism annihilate appease bane be bereaved of bereave of life bereavement blood bloodletting bloodshed braining burnt offering carry away carry off cease cede