sacrificed

Variant of sacrifice

noun

    1. the act of offering the life of a person or animal, or some object, in propitiation of or homage to a deity
    2. something so offered
    1. the act of giving up, destroying, permitting injury to, or forgoing something valued for the sake of something having a more pressing claim
    2. a thing so given up, etc.
    1. a selling or giving up of something at less than its supposed value
    2. the loss incurred
  1. Baseball a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly

Origin: OFr < L sacrificium < sacer, sacred + facere, to make, do

transitive verb sacrificed, sacrificing

  1. to offer as a sacrifice to God or a god
  2. to give up, destroy, permit injury to, or forgo (something valued) for the sake of something having a more pressing claim
  3. to sell at less than the supposed value
  4. Baseball to advance (a base runner) by means of a sacrifice

intransitive verb

  1. to offer or make a sacrifice
  2. Baseball to execute a sacrifice

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