supreme sacrifice
Dying for others
Supreme sacrifice means giving one's life for a cause, country, or other people.
The phrase appears most often in military and patriotic contexts: He made the supreme sacrifice defending his country.
The modifier supreme marks death as the ultimate cost—no greater price can be paid.
The expression can sound formal or euphemistic, softening the bluntness of "died" or "was killed."
- death throeConvulsion preceding expiration
- fight to the deathContest ending in killing
- ultimate priceSacrificing one's life
- paid the priceSuffered deserved consequences
- heroismExceptional courage under duress
martyrdom · bravery · moral courage · dedication · valor · self-abnegation · altruism · faithfulness · selflessness · purple heart · gold star family · courageousness · redemption · nobility · gallantry · commemoration · in memoriam · duty
- offeringsburnt offering, altar offerings, sin offering, peace offering, oblations
supreme sacrificeself-preservation
Instinct to survive danger
cowardice · looking out for number one · self-aggrandizement · treachery · abandonment
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