immolate
Destroy by fire
Immolate means to kill as a sacrifice, especially by burning.
The word carries connotations of ritual destruction, whether religious or symbolic.
In modern usage, immolate often appears in the phrase self-immolate, describing someone who sets themselves on fire as an act of protest or desperation.
The term can extend figuratively to any deliberate destruction of something valuable: He immolated his career with that reckless decision.
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
martyrdom · cremation · sacred · ceremonial · holocaust · burnt offering · votive · devotion · oblation · consecration
incinerate
Burn to nothing
- burnDamage by heat
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- engulfCompletely surround and cover
consume · flames · blaze · combust · kindle · ignite · torch · fiery · inferno · raze
- offeringsburnt offering, altar offerings, sin offering, peace offering, oblations