'sacrifice' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'sacrifice' with 9 example sentences.
- sacrifice 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.
: personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
: a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
: the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
: (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
- sacrifice verb
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: endure the loss of
: kill or destroy
: sell at a loss
: make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
The politicians sacrifice human lives for the benefit of the economy.
This bull will be sacrificed tomorrow evening.
After many sacrifices we have finally reached our goal.
The soldier sacrificed himself to save his friend's life.
They killed a goat as a sacrifice to God.
She sacrificed her career for her family.
We've already made so many sacrifices.
Would it be ethical to sacrifice one person to save many?
They made many sacrifices to get their own house.