Evidently some, or all, of the boars immolated themselves, for the train crew are reported to have picked up three dead boars and continued to Sézanne, the next stop, where they gave them to the local hospital cooks.
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Immolate
/ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/
Synonyms for "immolate" (57 found)
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annihilateappeasebereave of lifecarry awaycarry offchloroformcut downcut offdeprive of lifedestroydispatch
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Noun(3 words)
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16 entriesanimal sacrificeceremonial sacrificehuman sacrificeimmolate ceremonyimmolate offeringimmolate riteimmolate ritualimmolate sacrificeimmolate victimimmolate victimsimmolated victimpublic immolationritual immolationritual offeringsacrificial immolationself immolation
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A secular style, a new beginning after the iconoclastic excesses under young Edward VI, when angels, Mothers and Children had flared and crackled in the streets, immolated to a logical absolute God who disliked images.
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She imparted these stories gradually to Miss Crawley; gave her the whole benefit of them; felt it to be her bounden duty as a Christian woman and mother of a family to do so; had not the smallest remorse or compunction for the victim whom her tongue was immolating; nay, very likely thought her act was quite meritorious, and plumed herself upon her resolute manner of performing it.
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