The Heavenly Timber Immolation is a kind of ancient ritual.
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Immolation
Synonyms for "immolation" (64 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Noun(3 words)
annihilation of proposalsburnt offeringdestruction of plans
banebloodbloodlettingbloodshedbrainingburnt offeringcollectiondealing deathdestructiondestruction of life
Strong matches (19)
dispatchdrink offeringeuthanasiaex voto offeringexecutionexterminationflow of bloodgoreheave offeringhecatombholocausthuman sacrificeincenseinfanticidekillkilling
Noun(2 words)
fire offeringfire sacrifice
Verb(1 words)
Related words (32)
lapidationlibationmactationmartyrdommartyrizationmercy killingoblationofferingoffertorypeace offeringpiacular offeringpoisoningritual killingritual murdersacramental offeringsacrificescapegoatself-immolationself-sacrificeshooting
Noun(3 words)
ruination of projectssacrifice by firesacrificial burning
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More general
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6 entriesanimal sacrificeburnt offeringinitiative immolationpolicy immolationproject immolationself-immolation
Collocations
6 entriesburnt offeringimmolation by fireimmolation of a planpolitical immolationritual immolationself-immolation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another (and of that distressing fact it was impossible to doubt), his confidence was consoling; and her power to prove the firmness of her character, her right to his esteem, and the immolation of her happiness to further his desires, had, in itself, the sustainment which belongs to great sacrifice.
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The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.
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