sacrifice
Nouns
- (n) the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. forfeit, forfeiture,
- (n) personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
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(n) a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice
- (n) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity ritual killing,
- (n) (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
Verbs
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(v) endure the loss of
- He gave his life for his children
- I gave two sons to the war
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(v) kill or destroy
- The animals were sacrificed after the experiment
- The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment
- (v) sell at a loss
- (v) make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals