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The correct answer is offer in sacrifice.

Immolate

A. prevent movement
B. offer in sacrifice
C. immerse in liquid
D. expose fully

The correct answer is (B) To offer in sacrifice; to kill in sacrifice by fire; to kill as a sacrificial victim, as by fire.

Immolate comes from Latin immolare (originally, to sprinkle with sacrificial meal).

Examples of use:

  • The Buddhist priest immolated himself in the street to protest the policies of the government..
  • Their custom was to immolate a goat on the altar to appease their god.


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