sacrifice
Definitions
Noun
- The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
- Personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
- A loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
- The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
Verb
- Endure the loss of
- Kill or destroy
- Sell at a loss
- Make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "sacrifice".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sacrifice | 3 | 30 |
| 2 | sacrifices | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | sacrificed | 3 | 2 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "sacrifice".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "sacrifice".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | specific | 3 | 115 |
| 2 | pacific | 3 | 31 |
| 3 | specified | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | certificate | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | sacrifices | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | strife | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | specifies | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | sacrificed | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | sacrificing | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | sacrificial | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | orifices | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | artifice | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | pacifier | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | orifice | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | pacificare | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | pacified | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | pacifico | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | pacifica | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | transpacific | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | stacie | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "sacrifice" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "sacrifice" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | to sacrifice | 1 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "sacrifice" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "sacrifice".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 9
Fragments: 3
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 2
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
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