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English to English noun
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the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. |  | source: wordnet30
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personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) | | source: wordnet30
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a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value | | Example: he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice
source: wordnet30
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the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity | | source: wordnet30
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(baseball) an out that advances the base runners | | source: wordnet30
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The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite. | | source: webster1913 verb
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endure the loss of | | Example: He gave his life for his children
I gave two sons to the war
source: wordnet30
| 8 |
kill or destroy | | Example: The animals were sacrificed after the experiment
The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment
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sell at a loss | | source: wordnet30
| 10 |
make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals | | source: wordnet30
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To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep. | | source: webster1913
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To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice. | | source: webster1913
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