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sacrificing |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sacrifice 1 of 4 senses of sacrifice Sense 4 sacrifice => immolate Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sacrifice 1 of 4 senses of sacrifice Sense 4 sacrifice => immolate Entailment of verb sacrifice Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb sacrifice 4 senses of sacrifice Sense 1 sacrifice, give => release, relinquish, free give up Sense 2 sacrifice => kill Sense 3 sacrifice => sell Sense 4 sacrifice => offer, offer up Familiarity of verb sacrifice sacrifice used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sacrifice Sense 1 sacrifice, give => release, relinquish, free give up -------------- Sense 2 sacrifice => kill -------------- Sense 3 sacrifice => sell -------------- Sense 4 sacrifice => offer, offer up -------------- Overview of verb sacrifice The verb sacrifice has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (10) sacrifice, give -- (endure the loss of "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war") 2. (1) sacrifice -- (kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment") 3. sacrifice -- (sell at a loss) 4. sacrifice -- (make a sacrifice of in religious rituals) Grep of adj sacrificing self-sacrificing Overview of verb sacrifice The verb sacrifice has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (10) sacrifice, give -- (endure the loss of "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war") 2. (1) sacrifice -- (kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment") 3. sacrifice -- (sell at a loss) 4. sacrifice -- (make a sacrifice of in religious rituals)
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