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| sac·ri·fice [ sákrə fss ] |
noun (plural sac·ri·fic·es) |
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1. giving up of something valued: a giving up of something valuable or important for somebody or something else considered to be of more value or importance
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2. something valued and given up: something valuable or important given up as a sacrifice
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3. loss in giving up something valued: a loss incurred by giving away or selling something below its value
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4. religion offering to god: an offering to honor or appease a god, especially of a ritually slaughtered animal or person
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5. religion something or somebody offered to god: something or somebody offered to honor or appease a god
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6. chess strategic giving up of chess piece: in chess, an act or instance of allowing or forcing an opponent to take one of your pieces or pawns so that you can gain an advantage position
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7. baseball
Same as sacrifice bunt
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verb (past and past participle sac·ri·ficed, present participle sac·ri·fic·ing, 3rd person present singular sac·ri·fic·es) |
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1. transitive verb give up somebody or something valued: to give up somebody or something important or valued in exchange for somebody or something else that is considered more important or valuable
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2. transitive verb abandon somebody or something for advantage: to allow somebody or something to be hurt, killed, or destroyed for your own advantage
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3. transitive and intransitive verb religion make offering to god: to make an offering of a ritually slaughtered animal or person to a god
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4. transitive verb chess strategically give up chess piece: in chess, to allow or force one of your pieces or pawns to be taken by an opponent so that you can gain an advantage in position
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5. intransitive verb baseball hit sacrifice bunt: in baseball, to bunt the ball, expecting to be put out, in order to advance a base runner
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| [13th century. Via French< Latin sacrificium "making sacred" < sacr- "sacred"] |
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  sac·ri·fice·a·ble adjective |
| sac·ri·fic·er noun |
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