Definitions for self-immolation

self-immolation self-im·mo·la·tion

Spelling: [self-im-uh-ley-shuh n]
IPA: /ˈsɛlfˌɪm əˈleɪ ʃən/

Self-Immolation is a 15 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 1806 anagrams from letters in self-immolation (-aefiillmmnoost).

Definitions for self-immolation

noun

  1. voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.

Origin of self-immolation

First recorded in 1810-20

Examples for self-immolation

These acts of self-immolation were esteemed exceedingly meritorious.

It was as dramatic and cringe-worthy a self-immolation as I've ever seen.

The words fell chillingly on the blaze of her self-immolation.

self-immolation were easy in comparison with the infliction of one pang on her.

Or is it “a beautiful flare of ruin, self-immolation, disaster?”

Even if this reads like slavery or self-immolation, what do you care?

He could but recognize a baleful nobility in her self-immolation.

In higher-income countries, self-immolation was rare and most often carried out by males, many of whom had a psychiatric history.

self-immolation has been around for centuries, having been intermittently practiced by protesting monks in the East.

Kent Sepkowitz looks at the centuries-long practice of self-immolation—and why it persists from India to Vietnam to Iran.

Word Value for self-immolation
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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