IMMOLATE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com To protest the Vietnam War, some Buddhist monks would pour gasoline on their body, light a match, and immolate themselves, hoping that their fiery death would bring attention to the horror of war
immolate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary immolate (third-person singular simple present immolates, present participle immolating, simple past and past participle immolated) To kill as a sacrifice by burning
immolate - WordReference. com Dictionary of English immolate ˈɪməʊˌleɪt vb (transitive) to kill or offer as a sacrifice, esp by fire literary to sacrifice (something highly valued) Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin immolāre to sprinkle an offering with sacrificial meal, sacrifice, from im- (in) + mola spelt grain; see mill1 ˌimmoˈlation n ˈimmoˌlator n
Immolate Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary immolate (verb) immolate ˈ ɪməˌleɪt verb immolates; immolated; immolating Britannica Dictionary definition of IMMOLATE [+ object] formal : to kill or destroy (someone or something) by fire a man who immolated himself as an act of protest