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sacrificial
[sak-ruh-fish-uhl]
sacrificial
/ ˲õƦ°ģ°łÉŖĖ“ŚÉŖŹÉ±ō /
adjective
used in or connected with a sacrifice
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- sacrificially adverb
- nonsacrificial adjective
- oversacrificial adjective
- oversacrificially adverb
- presacrificial adjective
- unsacrificial adjective
- unsacrificially adverb
- ˲õ²¹³¦°ł¾±Ė“ھ±³¦¾±²¹±ō±ō²ā adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of sacrificial1
Example Sentences
I liked chunks of the film, but it rankled me that she framed the spouse as such a consolation-prize loser to make her heroine come off as sacrificial.
There was something at once sacrificial and redemptive in what McDonald was channeling in her art, and I left the Majestic Theatre feeling reborn.
āFor no real reason, our congresswoman is under attack when she is doing a sacrificial thing,ā City Councilmember Carroll Fife said at the March event.
This he called "sacrificial land in some locations to allow to flood so that communities don't flood downstream, for example".
Some Trump opponents have worried that Gaetz was a "sacrificial lamb" and that Senate Republicans wouldn't press their luck by challenging other nominees.
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When To Use
Sacrificial is used to describe things that involve a sacrificeāsomething important or precious that is given up for the sake of gaining something or allowing something to happen that is considered more important.The thing being sacrificed can be tangible, like a valued object, or intangible, like time or health, as in, I would never sacrifice my health just to make more money.The words sacrifice and sacrificial are often used in the context of religious offerings. Such a sacrifice might be an animal that is killed and offered to a god or gods.The term sacrificial lamb is a reference to such religious sacrifices and is often used in a metaphorical way to refer to someone who is sacrificed in some way for the benefit of others. The term is often used in overlapping ways with the word scapegoat.Example: Archaeologists think the site was once used for sacrificial rituals.
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