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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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Definition that contains sacrifice
- easy obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally
- buy acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
- cost require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
- sacrifice make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
- sacrifice personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- isaac (Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau
- abraham the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son
- expense a detriment or sacrifice
- altar a raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made
- costly entailing great loss or sacrifice