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sacrifice
Overview of noun sacrifice
The noun sacrifice has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice -- (the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.)
2. (1) sacrifice -- (personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective))
3. sacrifice -- (a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice")
4. sacrifice, ritual killing -- (the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity)
5. sacrifice -- ((sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners)
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)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sacrifice
5 senses of sacrifice
Sense 1
forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
sacrifice
=> personnel casualty, loss
=> casualty
=> decrease, lessening, drop-off
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
sacrifice
=> loss
=> transferred property, transferred possession
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
sacrifice, ritual killing
=> killing, kill, putting to death
=> termination, ending, conclusion
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
sacrifice
=> putout
=> out
=> failure
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun sacrifice
2 of 5 senses of sacrifice
Sense 4
sacrifice, ritual killing
=> hecatomb
=> immolation
Sense 5
sacrifice
=> sacrifice fly
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sacrifice
5 senses of sacrifice
Sense 1
forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice
=> act, human action, human activity
Sense 2
sacrifice
=> personnel casualty, loss
Sense 3
sacrifice
=> loss
Sense 4
sacrifice, ritual killing
=> killing, kill, putting to death
Sense 5
sacrifice
=> putout
Antonyms of noun sacrifice
Member Holonyms of noun sacrifice
Substance Holonyms of noun sacrifice
Part Holonyms of noun sacrifice
Member Meronyms of noun sacrifice
Substance Meronyms of noun sacrifice
Part Meronyms of noun sacrifice
Meronyms of noun sacrifice
Holonyms of noun sacrifice
Attributes of noun sacrifice
Derived Forms of noun sacrifice
3 of 5 senses of sacrifice
Sense 1
forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice
RELATED TO>(verb) sacrifice#1
=> sacrifice, give
Sense 3
sacrifice
RELATED TO>(verb) sacrifice#3
=> sacrifice
Sense 4
sacrifice, ritual killing
RELATED TO>(adj) sacrificial#1
=> sacrificial
RELATED TO>(verb) sacrifice#4
=> sacrifice
RELATED TO>(verb) sacrifice#2
=> sacrifice
Domain of noun sacrifice
2 of 5 senses of sacrifice
Sense 4
sacrifice, ritual killing
TOPIC>(noun) animal#1, animate being#1, beast#1, brute#2, creature#1, fauna#2
Sense 5
sacrifice
TOPIC>(noun) baseball#1, baseball game#1
Domain Terms of noun sacrifice
Familiarity of noun sacrifice
sacrifice used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun sacrifice
5 senses of sacrifice
Sense 1
forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice
> act, human action, human activity
=> action
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> leaning
=> motivation, motivating
=> assumption
=> rejection
=> forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice
=> derivation
=> activity
=> hire
=> wear, wearing
=> judgment, judgement, assessment
=> production
=> stay
=> residency, residence, abidance
=> inactivity
=> hindrance, hinderance, interference
=> stop, stoppage
=> group action
=> distribution
=> legitimation
=> waste, permissive waste
=> proclamation, promulgation
=> communication, communicating
=> speech act
Sense 2
sacrifice
> personnel casualty, loss
=> wound, injury, combat injury
=> sacrifice
Sense 3
sacrifice
> loss
=> forfeit, forfeiture
=> financial loss
=> sacrifice
=> wastage
Sense 4
sacrifice, ritual killing
> killing, kill, putting to death
=> deathblow, coup de grace
=> death
=> euthanasia, mercy killing
=> homicide
=> dispatch, despatch
=> fell
=> suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation
=> slaughter
=> poisoning
=> suffocation, asphyxiation
=> sacrifice, ritual killing
=> electrocution
=> decapitation, beheading
=> genocide, race murder, racial extermination
Sense 5
sacrifice
> putout
=> force out, force-out, force play, force
=> fielder's choice
=> sacrifice
Meronyms of noun sacrifice
5 senses of sacrifice
Holonyms of noun sacrifice
Grep of noun sacrifice
feast of sacrifice
sacrifice
sacrifice fly
sacrifice operation
sacrificer
self-sacrifice
Antonyms of verb sacrifice
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sacrifice
4 senses of sacrifice
Sense 1
sacrifice, give
=> release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
=> pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
=> transfer
Sense 2
sacrifice
=> kill
Sense 3
sacrifice
=> sell
=> exchange, change, interchange
=> transfer
Sense 4
sacrifice
=> offer, offer up
=> worship
=> attend, go to
=> be
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sacrifice
1 of 4 senses of sacrifice
Sense 4
sacrifice
=> immolate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sacrifice
4 senses of sacrifice
Sense 1
sacrifice, give
=> release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
Sense 2
sacrifice
=> kill
Sense 3
sacrifice
=> sell
Sense 4
sacrifice
=> offer, offer up
'Cause To' of verb sacrifice
Derived Forms of verb sacrifice
4 senses of sacrifice
Sense 1
sacrifice, give
RELATED TO>(noun) sacrifice#1
=> forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice
Sense 2
sacrifice
RELATED TO>(noun) sacrifice#4
=> sacrifice, ritual killing
Sense 3
sacrifice
RELATED TO>(noun) sacrifice#3
=> sacrifice
Sense 4
sacrifice
RELATED TO>(noun) sacrifice#4
=> sacrifice, ritual killing
RELATED TO>(noun) sacrificer#1
=> sacrificer
Domain of verb sacrifice
Domain Terms of verb sacrifice
Familiarity of verb sacrifice
sacrifice used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb sacrifice
4 senses of sacrifice
Sense 1
sacrifice, give
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sense 2
sacrifice
EX: They want to sacrifice the prisoners
Sense 3
sacrifice
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
sacrifice
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sacrifice
4 senses of sacrifice
Sense 1
sacrifice, give
> release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
=> derequisition
=> sacrifice, give
Sense 2
sacrifice
> kill
=> eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
=> decimate
=> drown
=> massacre, slaughter, mow down
=> erase, wipe out
=> butcher, slaughter
=> poison
=> stone, lapidate
=> poison
=> commit suicide
=> dispatch
=> zap, vaporize
=> sacrifice
=> take off
=> tomahawk
=> destroy
=> saber, sabre
=> overlie, overlay
=> brain
=> put away, put to sleep
=> neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in
=> exterminate, kill off
=> smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
=> strangle, strangulate, throttle
=> decapitate, behead, decollate
=> impale, stake
=> dismember
=> martyr
=> shed blood
=> murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
=> assassinate
=> execute, put to death
=> draw, quarter, draw and quarter
=> lynch
=> shoot, pip
=> electrocute, fry
Sense 3
sacrifice
> sell
=> clear
=> negociate
=> scalp
=> bootleg
=> sell short
=> remainder
=> resell
=> syndicate
=> deaccession
=> sell off
=> foist off, palm off, fob off
=> realize, realise
=> auction, auction off, auctioneer
=> retail
=> wholesale
=> trust
=> sacrifice
=> dump, underprice
=> undersell, undercut
=> dispose
=> move
=> prostitute
Sense 4
sacrifice
> offer, offer up
=> sacrifice
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sacrifice
Sense 1
sacrifice, give
=> release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
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Sense 2
sacrifice
=> kill
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Sense 3
sacrifice
=> sell
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Sense 4
sacrifice
=> offer, offer up
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Grep of verb sacrifice
sacrifice
Grep of adj sacrifice
sacrificeable
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