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self-immolation
[self-im-uh-ley-shuhn]
noun
voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.
self-immolation
noun
the act or an instance of setting fire to oneself
Word History and Origins
Origin of self-immolation1
Example Sentences
But also, there’s a hunger for leadership in opposition to this administration, and the Democrats are losing an opportunity to be those leaders with their endless self-immolation.
He won’t get the credit he deserves for this terrific comic torment because it just feels like another Tim Robinson masterclass in self-immolation.
History's most famous cults are known primarily for their final suicidal acts: the mass poisoning at Jonestown, the self-immolation of the Branch Davidians, the self-asphyxiations of Heaven's Gate.
Roberts was an erratic maniac, no doubt, but much of what he learned about the dark arts of self-immolation came from his father, Walter, a screenwriter during the glory days of radio drama who then started his own theater in Atlanta, where Roberts was raised.
There have been arrests and a shocking self-immolation.
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