sacrifice
5 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
sacrifices
plural
sacrifices
Britannica Dictionary definition of SACRIFICE
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the act of giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone
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The war required everyone to make sacrifices.
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No sacrifice is too great when it comes to her children.
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He made many personal sacrifices to provide help to the city's homeless people.
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He made the final/supreme/ultimate sacrifice [=he died] for his country.
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The war required much sacrifice from everyone.
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He provided help to the city's homeless people at great personal sacrifice (to himself).
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a
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an act of killing a person or animal in a religious ceremony as an offering to please a god
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a place where priests performed human/animal sacrifices in ancient rituals
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a place where people were offered (up) in sacrifice to the gods
b
[count]
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a person or animal that is killed in a sacrifice
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The villagers hoped the gods would accept their sacrifice.
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The goat was offered as a sacrifice.
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sacrifice
/ˈsækrəˌfaɪs/
verb
sacrifices;
sacrificed;
sacrificing
2
sacrifice
/ˈsækrəˌfaɪs/
verb
sacrifices;
sacrificed;
sacrificing
Britannica Dictionary definition of SACRIFICE
1
:
to give up (something that you want to keep) especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone
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She's had to sacrifice a lot for her family.
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He sacrificed his personal life in order to get ahead in his career.
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I want to follow a diet that is healthful without sacrificing taste.
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She was able to ask for their help without sacrificing her dignity.
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They sacrificed their lives [=they died] for their country.
[no object]
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She was willing to suffer, sacrifice, and work for success.
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[+ object]
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to kill (a person or animal) in a religious ceremony as an offering to please a god
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a place where people/animals were sacrificed in ancient rituals
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baseball
a
[no object]
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to make a sacrifice bunt
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He sacrificed in his first at bat.
b
[+ object]
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to cause (a base runner) to go to the next base by making a sacrifice bunt
— usually used as (be) sacrificed
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The runner was sacrificed to second base.
