uhri — meaning in English
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English meaning
- casualty noun Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
- dead adj No longer alive.
- immolation noun The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated.
- martyr noun A person who is killed or made to suffer greatly because of their beliefs, especially religious or political ones.
- offering noun Something given, presented, or put up for consideration, especially as a gift, contribution, or for sale.
- Patsy noun A person who is easily blamed, deceived, or taken advantage of by others.
- pigeon noun A plump grey bird common in cities, known for its cooing call.
- sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.
- sacrificial adj Relating to or used in a sacrifice.
- stiff adjective Rigid; not easily bent or moved.
- victim noun A person who is harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, disease, or other misfortune.
Senses
uhri is used for these senses in English:
- casualty (military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).
- immolation That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
- martyr (with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.
- offering That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
- patsy (informal, derogatory) A person who is taken advantage of, especially by being cheated or blamed for something.
- pigeon (countable, North America, informal) A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
- sacrifice Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
- sacrifice A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.
casualty — full definition
- noun Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
- noun A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
- noun Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.
- noun A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).
dead — full definition
- adj No longer alive.
- adj No longer working, active, or in use.
- adj Complete or exact, especially describing precision or stillness.
- adv Completely; exactly.