Synonym: forego, forfeit, give up, lose, release, relinquish, surrender, waive, yield. Similar words: terrific, clarification, esterification, magnificent, sacred, acrimony, alacrity, horrified. Meaning: ['sækrɪfaɪs] n. 1. the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. 2. personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) 3. a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value 4. the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity 5. (sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners. v. 1. endure the loss of 2. kill or destroy 3. sell at a loss 4. make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals.
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91. Let me not draw back from the Sacrifice I have made of my free choice and conviction.
92. Atalanta tries to blunt the censorious attitude, telling of her sacrifice, that she has given up so much.
93. Since the sacrifice of a single one of these cargo vessels caused terrible losses, merchants yearned to avoid the inevitable.
94. This conciliation is an effort to feed or sacrifice to an all-destructive force.
95. Karpov probably saw White's following sacrifice but believed, not unreasonably, that he could defend against it.
96. It marks a decisive shift on the part of the Sri Lankan government to sacrifice self-reliance for the possibility of increased foreign revenues.
97. Why not make a pecuniary sacrifice?
98. I made another unprofessional sacrifice to mere curiosity.
99. Sickly sentimentalism about sacrifice for others!
100. Some translators sacrifice accuracy to vividness.
101. They offer a sacrifice to propitiate the god.
102. For a militiaman to sacrifice himself is glorious.
103. He is ready to sacrifice inclination to his country.
103. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and create good sentences.
104. You must sacrifice your poor, squawking, niggardly individuality.
105. Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ) - No, not the ritual sacrifice of a caribou at the end.
106. He has been like this, in order to continue to sacrifice their own fish and Aberdeen.
107. However, sometimes , the most obnoxious volunteer to sacrifice themselves out of unanticipated generosity.
108. King Solomon offered as sacrifice twenty - two thousand oxen, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep.
109. Confirms that Orc Shaman will sacrifice Goblins to regain mana.
110. Such kind Samurai moral originate in self - sacrifice from " Hagakure ".
111. Originally your love is my deconstruction, my happiness is the sacrifice.
112. His death was a sacrifice to God and a propitiation for the remission of sins.
113. Sacrifice can no longer be cast on troops you don't own but temporarily control via Hypnotize.
114. The most saintly quality next to willing self - sacrifice is the spirit of tolerance.
115. People in Shang Dynasty frequently prayed for rain and blessing , and sacrifice the mountain devoutly.
116. Flanagan chalk to draw the rainbow, a teardrop shed, sacrifice their own.
117. A convent is a contradiction. Its object , salvation; its means thereto, sacrifice.
118. My father , who played the erhu, a two - stringed instrument, made a great sacrifice.
119. This spectacle of another's suffering and sacrifice rapt my thoughts from exclusive meditation on my own.
120. This type of sacrifice is unknown within the Maya area.
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