self-immolate
Set yourself alight
To self-immolate is to kill oneself, typically by setting oneself on fire as an act of protest or sacrifice.
The term carries connotations of deliberate, often public martyrdom: The monk self-immolated in the town square to protest the regime.
Figuratively, to self-immolate is to destroy one's own career, reputation, or position through reckless action.
Public display of opinion
- activismDirect effort for reform
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
monk · gasoline · flames · public · political · statement · desperation · witness
Combustion with flames
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- pyreFuneral burning heap
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
funeral · Hindu · tradition · religious · cremation · rite · burning · custom
What produces an effect
- convictionFirmly held belief
- faithTrust without proof
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
- ideologyStructured belief framework
legacy · testament · inspiration · movement · persecution · principle · struggle · memorial
demonstration
Public display of opinion
- activismDirect effort for reform
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
resistance · monk · gasoline · flames · public · political · statement · desperation · witness · footage
fire
Combustion with flames
widow · funeral · Hindu · tradition · religious · cremation · rite · burning · custom · practice
cause
What produces an effect
- convictionFirmly held belief
- faithTrust without proof
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
ideology · legacy · testament · inspiration · movement · persecution · principle · struggle · memorial · remembrance
self-immolatehunger strike
Protest through refusing food
petition · sit-in · civil disobedience · silent vigil · boycott
self, immolate, immolation, immolated, immolating, selves, selfhood, selfless, selflessly