human sacrifice
The killing of one or more human beings as part of a religious ritualThe killing of one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual.
» The monster demands a human sacrifice at every full moon.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable)The killing of one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual.
Menschenopfer
(countable, uncountable)A human being killed in this way.
Examples
7 sentencesThe monster demands a human sacrifice at every full moon.
What is more inhumane than human sacrifice?
The prehistoric human sacrificed animals to the spirits.
The witches practiced human sacrifice.
Human and animal sacrifice is manifestation of Satanism.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From human + sacrifice.From human + sacrifice.
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Forms
plural: human sacrifices| Singular | human sacrifice |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.