self-immolates
Sets oneself aflame
Self-immolates means to kill oneself, typically by fire, often as a form of protest or sacrifice.
The act carries connotations of deliberate, public martyrdom: The monk self-immolated in the town square to protest the regime.
More broadly, self-immolate can describe any act of dramatic self-destruction, literal or figurative: The candidate self-immolated with that disastrous interview.
Cloistered religious devotee
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- activistVigorous cause champion
Tibet · martyrdom · statement · resistance · desperation · defiance · witness · public
Giving up something precious
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- asceticOne who renounces indulgence
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
devotion · purification · spiritual · offering · liberation · detachment · sacred · ceremony
Deliberate disruption of operations
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- downfallSudden loss of power
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
meltdown · implosion · scandal · public · humiliation · unraveling · collapse · spectacle
monk
Cloistered religious devotee
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
activist · Tibet · martyrdom · statement · resistance · desperation · defiance · witness · public · political
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- asceticOne who renounces indulgence
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
transcendence · devotion · purification · spiritual · offering · liberation · detachment · sacred · ceremony · pyre
sabotage
Deliberate disruption of operations
reputation · meltdown · implosion · scandal · public · humiliation · unraveling · collapse · spectacle · dramatic
self, selves, selfish, selfless, selfhood, selfishly, selfishness, selflessness, immolate