Self-immolate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To set oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest. intransitive

    "A woman asked, hesitantly: “Is he the one who … self-immolated?”"

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"A woman asked, hesitantly: “Is he the one who … self-immolated?”"

Etymology

From self- + immolate.

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