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sacrificar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  • forfeit verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
  • sacrifice verb To offer something, historically an animal, person, or object, to a deity as an act of worship.

Senses

sacrificar is used for these senses in English:

  • destroy (transitive) To put down or euthanize.
  • forfeit To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
  • immolate To kill as a sacrifice.

destroy — full definition

  1. verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  2. verb To defeat someone completely and overwhelmingly.
  3. verb To kill an animal deliberately, usually for humane or safety reasons.

forfeit — full definition

  1. verb To lose or give up something as a penalty for breaking a rule or agreement.
  2. noun Something lost or given up as a penalty.

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