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immolation

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

That which is immolated; a sacrifice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of maliciously burning a person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

killing or offering as a sacrifice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: sacrifice, ritual killing

History

Etymology

From Middle English immolacion, from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: жертвоприношение (žertvoprinošenie) — act of immolating
  • Catalan: immolació — act of immolating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獻祭 /献祭 (xiànjì) — act of immolating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 供物 (gōngwù) — act of immolating
  • Finnish: uhraus — act of immolating
  • French: immolation — act of immolating
  • Galician: inmolación — act of immolating
  • German: Aufopferung — act of immolating
  • Portuguese: imolação — act of immolating
  • Russian: жертвоприноше́ние (žertvoprinošénije) — act of immolating
  • Serbo-Croatian: prinošenje žrtve — act of immolating
  • Serbo-Croatian: imolacija — act of immolating
  • Spanish: inmolación — act of immolating
  • Tibetan: དམར་མཆོད (dmar mchod) — act of immolating
  • Ukrainian: жертвоприно́шення (žertvoprynóšennja) — act of immolating
  • Bulgarian: жертвено животно (žertveno životno) — that which is immolated
  • Finnish: uhri — that which is immolated
  • German: Opfer — that which is immolated
  • Portuguese: imolado — that which is immolated
  • Russian: же́ртва (žértva) — that which is immolated
  • Serbo-Croatian: žrtva — that which is immolated
  • Ukrainian: же́ртва (žértva) — that which is immolated
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