sacrifice
noun
/-faɪz/
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/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/
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/ˈsækɹɪfaɪs/
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- A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
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uhri,
uhraus,
uhrilahja
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- 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.
- Jesus Christ's voluntary offering of himself to God the Father to be crucified as atonement for the sins of humankind.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable; also, the thing destroyed or surrendered for this purpose.
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uhri
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- (business, slang, dated) A monetary loss incurred by selling something at less than its value; also, the thing thus sold.
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tappio
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- (bridge) In full sacrifice bid: a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, that a player makes in the hope that they will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (chess) An act of intentionally allowing one's piece to be captured by the opponent in order to improve one's position in the game.
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uhraus
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sacrifice
verb
/-faɪz/
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/ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/
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/ˈsækɹɪfaɪs/
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- (Christianity) To celebrate Holy Communion or Mass.
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käydä ehtoollisella
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- (business, slang, dated) To sell (something) at less than its value, thus incurring a monetary loss.
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myydä tappiolla
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- To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (science) , to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.
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surmata,
uhrata
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- (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.
- To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
- (bridge) To make a bid of a contract which is unlikely to be fulfilled, in the hope that that the player will incur fewer penalty points than the points likely to be gained by opponents in making their contract.
- (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
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uhrata
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- (baseball) Of a batter: to advance (one or more runners on base) by batting the ball so it can be fielded, placing the batter out but with insufficient time to put the runner(s) out.
- (baseball) Of a batter: to bat the ball so that it can be fielded, placing the batter out but allowing one or more runners on base to advance.
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uhrata,
uhrautua
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