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nounthe act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
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nounthe act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
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verbendure the loss of
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"he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"nouna loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its valuetype of:
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noun(baseball) an out that advances the base runnerstype of:
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"The animals were sacrificed after the experiment" "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"verbkill or destroytype of:
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verbmake a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
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nounpersonnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)type of:
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Examples of sacrifice
- "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
- "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"
- "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"