sacrifice
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fice
ˌfaÉĒs
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "sacrifice"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to give up something of value for the sake of something else
Ditransitive: to sacrifice sth to do sth | to sacrifice sth for sth
to sacrifice definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Soldiers may sacrifice their lives to defend their country and its principles.
āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻ°ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to destroy or kill, especially for a specific purpose such as a test or experiment
Transitive: to sacrifice an animal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scientist carefully sacrificed the specimen to preserve it for study.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āύāĻŽā§āύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻ°ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāϞāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to kill an animal or person as a religious act
Transitive: to sacrifice an animal or person
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In some cultures, priests would sacrifice goats to honor their deities.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇, āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻšāĻŋāϤāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻžāĻ—āϞ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻ°ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to sell something for less than its original cost or value
Transitive: to sacrifice sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The store sacrificed several products to clear out excess stock.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‹āϰ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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the act of giving up or losing something as a penalty, punishment, or consequence of failure

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The penalty involved a financial sacrifice.
02

personnel or resources deliberately lost or surrendered to achieve a goal

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the strategy, some soldiers were a calculated sacrifice.
03

the act of killing an animal or person to appease or honor a deity

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The temple recorded the ritual sacrifice of livestock.
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(in baseball) an out made by a batter that allows base runners to advance

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The pitcher 's sacrifice bunt was successful.
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a loss incurred by giving up or selling something for less than its value

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They took a sacrifice to close the deal quickly.
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a deliberate move in which a player gives up material for strategic or tactical advantage

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The queen sacrifice shocked the opponent but led to victory.
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āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ—, āĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāύ

the act of giving up something valuable or important for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soldiers were honored for their sacrifice in the line of duty, giving their lives to protect their country.
āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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