Immolating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Immolate \Im"mo*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immolated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Immolating}.] [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to
     sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal;
     pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground
     and mixed with salt; also, mill. See {Molar}, {Meal} ground
     grain.]


     1. To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a
        sacrificial victim.
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              Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the
              deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and
              honor of women.                       --Boyle.
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     2. To destroy by fire.
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