immolates
Destroys by fire
Immolates means kills as a sacrifice, typically by burning.
The word carries ritualistic or ceremonial weight: The cult immolated animals to appease their gods.
Self-immolation—setting oneself on fire as protest—remains the most common contemporary context: The monk immolated himself outside the government building.
More loosely, immolate can mean to destroy completely, especially by fire.
Heat-caused tissue damage
- offeringsThings presented or given
- altarSacred ritual table
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
sacred · cremation · pyre · victim · oblation · worship · temple · ceremonial
Takes in completely
- engulfsSwallows up completely
- destroysCauses complete ruin
- incineratesBurns something completely
- annihilatesDestroys utterly and completely
devastates · razes · obliterates · chars · reduces · combustion · conflagration · inferno
Suffering for conviction
- suicideVoluntary death by oneself
- self-sacrificeSurrendering for others' benefit
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- flamesVisible burning combustion
desperation · political · demonstration · despair · extremism · statement · burning · death
burns
Heat-caused tissue damage
deity · sacred · cremation · pyre · victim · oblation · worship · temple · ceremonial · holocaust
consumes
Takes in completely
- engulfsSwallows up completely
- destroysCauses complete ruin
- incineratesBurns something completely
annihilates · devastates · razes · obliterates · chars · reduces · combustion · conflagration · inferno · scorches
martyrdom
Suffering for conviction
- suicideVoluntary death by oneself
- self-sacrificeSurrendering for others' benefit
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
flames · desperation · political · demonstration · despair · extremism · statement · burning · death · tragic
immolatesextinguishes
Causes to stop burning
quenches · douses · smothers · puts out · suppresses