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sacrificer noun

  • Someone who sacrifices, one who makes a sacrifice.
 θυσιαστής

sacrifice verb

  /-faɪz/ , /ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/ , /ˈsækɹɪfaɪs/
  • To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
  • (business, slang, dated) To sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss.
  • (religion) To offer (a human being or an animal, or an object) to a deity.
  • To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (science) , to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
  • (chess) To intentionally allow (a piece) to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
  • (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
 θυσιάζω

sacrifice noun

  /-faɪz/ , /ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/ , /ˈsækɹɪfaɪs/
  • A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
  • Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
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