immolation
Death by burning
Immolation is the act of killing something, especially by fire, as a sacrifice or offering.
The word carries connotations of ritual destruction and deliberate, often ceremonial death.
Self-immolation specifically refers to setting oneself on fire, typically as an extreme form of protest or political statement.
The monk's self-immolation shocked the world.
More broadly, immolation can describe any sacrificial destruction: the immolation of civil liberties in the name of security.
Something presented or given
- altarSacred ritual table
- victimOne harmed by another
- oblationReligious gift offering
- holocaustLarge-scale fiery destruction
atonement · propitiation · expiation · martyrdom · self-sacrifice · devotion · surrender · renunciation
Formal event marking occasions
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- pyreFuneral burning heap
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
chanting · purification · worship · sacrament · consecration · pilgrimage · funeral · devotion
Funeral burning heap
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- incinerateBurn to nothing
- cremateBurn a corpse
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
blaze · engulf · fire · combustion · char · scorch · ash · smoke
Disagreement with authority
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- activismDirect effort for reform
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
statement · resistance · Tibet · monk
offering
Something presented or given
holocaust · atonement · propitiation · expiation · martyrdom · self-sacrifice · devotion · surrender · renunciation · dedication
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
incense · chanting · purification · worship · sacrament · consecration · pilgrimage · funeral · devotion · offering
pyre
Funeral burning heap
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- incinerateBurn to nothing
- cremateBurn a corpse
conflagration · blaze · engulf · fire · combustion · char · scorch · ash · smoke · inferno
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- activismDirect effort for reform
defiance · statement · resistance · Tibet · monk
- atonementpropitiation, substitution, reconciler, forgiveness, sin offering
- death causescause of death, natural causes, manner of death, accidental death, natural death
- sacrificeburnt offering, blood sacrifice, human sacrifice, animal sacrifice, oblation
- combustionburning, flames, fire triangle, ignition source, oxygen
- martyrdommartyrs, martyr, Christian martyrs, Catholic martyrs, Stephen
- offeringsburnt offering, altar offerings, sin offering, peace offering, oblations
immolationpreservation
Maintaining something's condition
conservation · protection · salvation · safeguarding · saving
immolationself-preservation
Instinct to survive danger
retention · hoarding · keeping · selfishness · acquisition