Definitions For Sacrifice

noun

  • (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
  • The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
  • The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
  • Personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
  • A loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
  • The act of giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone
  • An act of killing a person or animal in a religious ceremony as an offering to please a god
  • A person or animal that is killed in a sacrifice

verb

  • Kill or destroy
  • Make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
  • Endure the loss of
  • Sell at a loss
  • To give up (something that you want to keep) especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone
  • To kill (a person or animal) in a religious ceremony as an offering to please a god
  • To make a sacrifice bunt

Is Sacrifice a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
18

The word Sacrifice is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Sacrifice in a Sentence

  • The war required everyone to make sacrifices.
  • No sacrifice is too great when it comes to her children.
  • He made many personal sacrifices to provide help to the city's homeless people.
  • She's had to sacrifice a lot for her family.
  • He sacrificed his personal life in order to get ahead in his career.
  • I want to follow a diet that is healthful without sacrificing taste.

Synonyms for Sacrifice

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