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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of immolare, from mola 'crushed grain'; because people about to be ceremonially killed had crushed grain scattered over them

immolate

 verb
     
im‧mo‧late [transitive] formal
to kill someone or destroy something by burning them
—immolation noun [uncountable]
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