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sacrifice British & World English

an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity

sacrifice in sacrifice British & World English

an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity

self-sacrifice British & World English

the giving up of one’s own interests or wishes in order to help others or advance a cause

sacrifice someone/thing on/at the altar of in altar British & World English

make someone or something suffer in the interests of

sacrifice bunt in sacrifice British & World English

a bunted or fly ball which puts the batter out but allows a base runner to advance

sacrifice fly in sacrifice British & World English

a bunted or fly ball which puts the batter out but allows a base runner to advance

sacrifice bid in sacrifice British & World English

a bid made in the belief that it will be less costly to be defeated in the contract than to allow the opponents to make a contract