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Sacrifice

see synonyms of sacrifice

Noun

1. forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

2. sacrifice

personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)

3. sacrifice

a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value

Example Sentences:
'he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice'

4. ritual killing, sacrifice

the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

5. sacrifice

(baseball) an out that advances the base runners

Verb

6. give, sacrifice

endure the loss of

Example Sentences:
'He gave his life for his children'
'I gave two sons to the war'

7. sacrifice

kill or destroy

Example Sentences:
'The animals were sacrificed after the experiment'
'The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment'

8. sacrifice

sell at a loss

9. sacrifice

make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sacrifice

see synonyms of sacrifice
noun
1. 
a surrender of something of value as a means of gaining something more desirable or of preventing some evil
2. 
a ritual killing of a person or animal with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity
3. 
a symbolic offering of something to a deity
4. 
the person, animal, or object surrendered, destroyed, killed, or offered
5. 
a religious ceremony involving one or more sacrifices
6. 
loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
7. chess
the act or an instance of sacrificing a piece
verb
8. 
to make a sacrifice (of); give up, surrender, or destroy (a person, thing, etc)
9. chess
to permit or force one's opponent to capture (a piece) freely, as in playing a combination or gambit
he sacrificed his queen and checkmated his opponent on the next move

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sacrifice

see synonyms of sacrifice
noun
1. 
a. 
the act of offering the life of a person or animal, or some object, in propitiation of or homage to a deity
b. 
something so offered
2. 
a. 
the act of giving up, destroying, permitting injury to, or forgoing something valued for the sake of something having a more pressing claim
b. 
a thing so given up, etc.
3. 
a. 
a selling or giving up of something at less than its supposed value
b. 
the loss incurred
4.  US, Baseball
a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsacriˌficed or ˈsacriˌficing
5. 
to offer as a sacrifice to God or a god
6. 
to give up, destroy, permit injury to, or forgo (something valued) for the sake of something having a more pressing claim
7. 
to sell at less than the supposed value
8.  US, Baseball
to advance (a base runner) by means of a sacrifice
verb intransitive
9. 
to offer or make a sacrifice
10.  US, Baseball
to execute a sacrifice

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sacrifice

see synonyms of sacrifice
v.tr.
1. To offer as a sacrifice to a deity.
2. To give up (one thing) for another thing considered to be of greater value.
3. To sell or give away at a loss.
4. To kill (an animal) for purposes of scientific research or experimentation.
v.intr.
1. To offer a sacrifice: The Greek warriors sacrificed to their gods.
2. To make a sacrifice: parents sacrificing for their children.
3. Baseball To make a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly.
n.
1.
a. The act of offering something to a deity in propitiation or homage, especially the ritual slaughter of an animal or a person.
b. A victim offered in this way.
2.
a. The act of giving up something highly valued for the sake of something else considered to have a greater value or claim: Social activism often involves tremendous sacrifice.
b. Something given up in this way.
3.
a. Relinquishment of something at less than its presumed value.
b. Something so relinquished.
c. A loss so sustained.
4. Baseball A sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly.
v. sac·ri·ficed, sac·ri·fic·ing, sac·ri·fic·es

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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