Opfer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- casualty noun Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
- homicide noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
- immolation noun The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated.
- kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
- offering noun Something given, presented, or put up for consideration, especially as a gift, contribution, or for sale.
- sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.
- victim noun A person who is harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, disease, or other misfortune.
Senses
Opfer 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).
- homicide (countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
- immolation That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
- kill The result of killing; that which has been killed.
- offering That which has been offered; a sacrifice.
- 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).
homicide — full definition
- noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
- noun The police division that investigates killings.