immolations
Deaths by fire
Immolations are acts of killing or destroying, especially by fire, as a sacrifice or offering.
The word carries religious and ritualistic weight: ancient immolations appeased gods, while modern usage often describes self-immolation as political protest.
More loosely, immolation can mean any deliberate destruction: the immolation of civil liberties in wartime.
Giving up something precious
- altarSacred ritual table
- pyreFuneral burning heap
- offeringSomething presented or given
- cremationBurning the deceased
holocaust · sacred · ceremony · deity · temple · burning · oblation · rites
Utter, complete destruction
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- incinerationBurning waste to ash
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- consumptionUsing up of resources
flames · ruin · obliteration · razing · inferno · burning · ash · demolition
Giving up something precious
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
abandonment · surrender · forfeiture · renunciation · loss · martyrdom · devotion · dedication
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
cremation · holocaust · sacred · ceremony · deity · temple · burning · oblation · rites · devotion
annihilation
Utter, complete destruction
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- incinerationBurning waste to ash
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
consumption · flames · ruin · obliteration · razing · inferno · burning · ash · demolition · fire
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- destructionAct of completely ruining
ruin · abandonment · surrender · forfeiture · renunciation · loss · martyrdom · devotion · dedication · submission
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- monkCloistered religious devotee
- activismDirect effort for reform
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
martyrdom · Tibet · political · gasoline · flames · statement · defiance · desperation · witness · courage
immolationspreservations
Acts of keeping safe
conservations · protections · salvations · safeguarding · rescues
immolationssalvations
Acts of being rescued
redemptions · deliverances · rescues · liberations · absolutions
immolationsresurrections
Returns to life
revivals · rebirths · regenerations · resuscitations · births