immolate

verb

/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/

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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’.

TOEFL BNC: 0 COCA: 36015

immolate

To kill a person or animal: kill, murder, strangle...