im·mo·late
verb/ˈɪməleɪt/
/ˈɪməleɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they immolate | /ˈɪməleɪt/ /ˈɪməleɪt/ |
| he / she / it immolates | /ˈɪməleɪts/ /ˈɪməleɪts/ |
| past simple immolated | /ˈɪməleɪtɪd/ /ˈɪməleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle immolated | /ˈɪməleɪtɪd/ /ˈɪməleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form immolating | /ˈɪməleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪməleɪtɪŋ/ |
- immolate somebody/yourself to kill somebody/yourself by burning them/yourself
烧死 Word Originmid 16th cent. (earlier (late Middle English) as immolation): from Latin immolat- ‘sprinkled with sacrificial grain’, from the verb immolare, from in- ‘upon’ + mola ‘meal’.