sacrificed Hear it!

sacrificed Synonyms

sacrificed

modif.

gone, given up, thrown to the wolves*; see abandoned, lost 1.

sacrificed Quotes

The bird onthebranch, thelily inthemeadow, thestag in the forest, the fish in the sea, the countless joyful creatures sing,God is Love. But beneath all these sopranos, as it were a sustained bass part, is the De profundis of the Sacrificed,God is Love.

—Kierkegaard, So«  ren Aabye

O slain and spent and sacrificed People, the grey-grown speechless Christ.

—Swinburne, Algernon Charles