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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.
 sacrificio

sacrifice verb

  /-faɪz/ , /ˈsækɹəˌfaɪs/ , /ˈsækɹɪfaɪs/
  • To destroy or surrender (something) for the sake of something else regarded as more urgent or valuable.
  • (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.
  • (religion) To offer a human being or an animal, or an object, to a deity.
 sacrificare

sacrificer noun

  • Someone who sacrifices, one who makes a sacrifice.
 sacrificatrice, sacrificatore
self-sacrifice
abnegazione, autosacrificio
sacrifice bunt
sacrificio
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