All 3 Uses of
immolate
in
The Fountainhead
- He looked as if he did not know that they took his public immolation as their rightful due, that they considered their presence as the indispensable seal of sacrament upon the occasion, that of all the hundreds he and his bride were the only ones to whom the performance was hideous.†
Chpt 3.7
- Not servants nor those served; not altars and immolations; but the final, the fulfilled, innocent of pain.†
Chpt 4.1
- When it was added that man must find joy in self-immolation, the trap was closed.†
Chpt 4.18 *
Definition:
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(immolate) commit suicide by burning as a protest or sacrifice
or:
offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction