surmata — meaning in English

English meaning

• kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
• sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.
• slay verb To kill.

Senses

surmata is used for these senses in English:

• kill (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
• sacrifice To destroy or kill (a human being or an animal); specifically (science) , to kill (an animal) for a scientific experiment or test.

kill — full definition

1. verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
2. verb To stop, switch off, or put an end to something completely.
3. verb To cause severe pain, exhaustion, or distress — often used informally and not literally.
4. noun An act of killing, or the animal or target that has been killed.

sacrifice — full definition

1. verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.
2. verb To give up something valuable for the sake of something considered more important.
3. noun The act of giving up something valuable for a greater cause, or the thing given up.

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