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sacrifice   (TTS Sound)

The noun sacrifice has 5 senses

• forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice -- (the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.)


• sacrifice -- (personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective))


• sacrifice -- (a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice")


• sacrifice, ritual killing -- (the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity)


• sacrifice -- ((baseball) an out that advances the base runners)

The verb sacrifice has 4 senses

• sacrifice, give -- (endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war")


• sacrifice -- (kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment")


• sacrifice -- (sell at a loss)


• sacrifice -- (make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals)