How many sacrificial lambs do we need to bring the rain back?
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Sacrificial
//ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɪʃ.əl//
Synonyms for "sacrificial" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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1 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 14 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- أَضَاحِيّ pl ذَبِيحَة adj (relating to sacrifice)
- أُضْحِيَّة adj (relating to sacrifice)
- تَضْحِيَة adj (relating to sacrifice)
- قُرْبَانِيّ adj (relating to sacrifice)
Bulgarian
1 entries- жертвен adj (relating to sacrifice)
Catalan
1 entries- sacrificial adj (relating to sacrifice)
Dutch
1 entries- offer adj (relating to sacrifice)
Finnish
2 entries- uhri adj (relating to sacrifice)
- uhri adj (used as a sacrifice)
French
1 entries- sacrificiel adj (relating to sacrifice)
German
2 entries- Opfer adj (relating to sacrifice)
- Opfer adj (used as a sacrifice)
Italian
1 entries- sacrificale adj (relating to sacrifice)
Romanian
1 entries- sacrifical adj (relating to sacrifice)
Russian
2 entries- же́ртвенный adj (relating to sacrifice)
- же́ртвенный adj (used as a sacrifice)
Spanish
1 entries- sacrificial adj (relating to sacrifice)
Swedish
1 entries- offer adj (relating to sacrifice)
Turkish
1 entries- kurbanlık adj (used as a sacrifice)
Welsh
1 entries- aberthol adj (relating to sacrifice)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Lenses of rock crystal were used to concentrate the rays of the sun for cauterizing wounds and also to light fires, especially sacrificial ones.
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Tarrasch used to say that if we fully understand the typical mating continuations, the more complicated sacrificial combinations for this purpose become almost obvious.
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They turned me into a sacrificial sheep.
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