I. noun
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■ ADJECTIVE
financial
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It was a tremendous act of strength to - refuse that and a real financial sacrifice and gamble.
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Providing the safety and stability that children need can mean major financial and personal sacrifices .
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Certainly her marriage involved financial sacrifice and for the rest of her life she was almost always short of money.
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So, they love to teach, and will make a financial sacrifice to do that.
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Many members are making financial sacrifices in order to continue their support.
great
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In that casual gesture she trampled upon an awesome human achievement and upon great sacrifices contributed by the natural world.
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What Ullman wants is to play every character in her imagination, at great personal sacrifice .
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Since the latter represents the greater sacrifice it is therefore the relevant cost if the original project is undertaken.
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He has a greater appreciation of sacrifice .
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We paid for this with great sacrifices , and we will never leave.
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C Troop, in effect, split that attack but did so at great sacrifice to itself.
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Far greater sacrifices were required from Rochester, who volunteered to take Willis in as a lodger.
human
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She may have originated with the notion of human sacrifice to ensure plentiful crops, for her actions were often bloodthirsty.
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There are also stories which point back clearly to a time when there was human sacrifice .
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Some certainly saw her as a kind of human sacrifice , albeit a willing one.
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Just as humans depend on plants to live, so the Gods depend on human sacrifices for a kind of sustenance.
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Hale's eyes stare knowingly at the viewer, a human sacrifice to an alienated and consumerist culture.
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Later accounts held that the Druids made Stonehenge, where they supposedly practiced human sacrifice .
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He was dressed as a wizard and the whole place was full of drawings of human sacrifices and magic designs.
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Believing gods were pacified by human blood, they killed thousands in human sacrifice .
personal
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We could ask, for example: what sort of personal sacrifices might people have to make in order to reduce pollution?
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What Ullman wants is to play every character in her imagination, at great personal sacrifice .
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Brave personal sacrifices are juxtaposed with quirky moments.
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Providing the safety and stability that children need can mean major financial and personal sacrifices .
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These three young men have demonstrated a personal commitment and sacrifice which inspired them to attempt this daunting journey with enthusiasm.
ritual
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I was beginning to feel like a ritual sacrifice .
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Studying economics was more a ritual sacrifice .
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The livestock being killed are a ritual sacrifice to the gods of global markets.
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I felt I was being dressed for ritual sacrifice and looked for bloodstains on the gloves.
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When it is made the object of ritual sacrifice , its extraordinary power is made part of an orderly ritual.
supreme
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We felt that it was a great tribute to us and all our many comrades who made the supreme sacrifice .
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He evidently thought his life was so valuable that some one would surely save it even at the cost of the supreme sacrifice .
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You made the supreme sacrifice of your life for your work last night, so don't be shy about admitting it.
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These were people who showed courage, faith, and were an example to all by making the supreme sacrifice .
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For her, the only supreme sacrifice would have been in giving up her husband.
ultimate
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In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice .
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The ultimate sacrifice and the 100-meter backstroke.
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Also there, Captain Oates, the man who was to make the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues.
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This might appear to be the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the colony, but all the bees in the colony are genetically related.
■ NOUN
animal
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At the opening ceremony for a new building recently, a man made an impassioned speech about the wrongs of animal sacrifice .
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The Buid perform at least five different kinds of animal sacrifice , each intended for a different type of spirit.
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Although carefully controlled, aggression is an inescapable aspect of Buid animal sacrifice .
■ VERB
ask
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What you're really saying is that I've no right to ask Madeleine to make sacrifices .
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Union leaders counter that the workers alone are being asked to make sacrifices .
involve
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It is important, however, to realise that discipleship still involves this sacrifice for some.
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Warning colours work well with educated predators but do involve repeated sacrifices as young hunters learn their trade.
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Such positions usually require long periods of training which involve certain sacrifices such as loss of income.
make
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In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice .
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Water users are making sacrifices to solve their environmental problems.
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She was prepared to make sacrifices for it, but there seemed to be no way she could even begin.
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Union leaders counter that the workers alone are being asked to make sacrifices .
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Too often in lean times the poorest are asked to make the largest sacrifices .
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To prepare for the child, the family had to make sacrifices .
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What you're really saying is that I've no right to ask Madeleine to make sacrifices .
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The key is that if Sergei wants to play and is willing to make the sacrifices .
offer
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The kings of Assyria were accustomed to offer foundation sacrifices of precious substances.
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They found him and his sons on the shore offering a sacrifice to Poseidon.
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So she was very happy to offer a second sacrifice .
prepare
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She was prepared to make sacrifices for it, but there seemed to be no way she could even begin.
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It was nuts-and-bolts work, with a salary next to nothing, but he was prepared to bear the sacrifices .
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But Hill, at least, is prepared to make sacrifices .
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His directors, however, were prepared for no such sacrifice ....
require
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Yeltsin took drastic steps to move his country toward a market economy, steps that required severe sacrifice for millions of people.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
make the supreme sacrifice
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These were people who showed courage, faith, and were an example to all by making the supreme sacrifice.
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We felt that it was a great tribute to us and all our many comrades who made the supreme sacrifice.
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You made the supreme sacrifice of your life for your work last night, so don't be shy about admitting it.
offer (up) a prayer/sacrifice etc
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After offering a prayer, the virgin expired.
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Can you find somewhere to offer up a prayer? 36.
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Each morning the strike council opened business by some one offering a prayer.
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So in offering prayers for downtrodden races, I would advise you not to overlook the downtrodden tourist.
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They found him and his sons on the shore offering a sacrifice to Poseidon.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Parenthood often calls for sacrifice .
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Puckett's sacrifice let Gladden score.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the opening ceremony for a new building recently, a man made an impassioned speech about the wrongs of animal sacrifice .
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In another, they are merely expendable sacrifices to national economic development.
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Just as everyone was expecting a draw, however, Yusupov made a an unexpected sacrifice of a bishop.
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The sight of another person's suffering and sacrifice stopped me thinking so much about my own problems.
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They evolved a form of worship which required neither priest, Temple nor sacrifice .
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This section speaks of the incompleteness of tongues, prophecy, faith, and sacrifice without love as motivation.
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What Ullman wants is to play every character in her imagination, at great personal sacrifice .
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When the death is commemorated as a sacrifice , this is by way of interpretive metaphor.
II. verb
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■ NOUN
child
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They have never been prepared to sacrifice quality of children for quantity.
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A dear, wonderful lady who sacrificed all for her children .
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Fathers who wanted to become nobles sacrificed their own children at altars.
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The peasants sacrificed lame children in honour of the celestial blanket-holder.
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One hinted that the worshippers might soon begin sacrificing children .
life
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Another dream that I had several times was that I would sacrifice my life to save others.
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Fortunately, we are rarely called upon to sacrifice our lives literally.
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Banquo sacrifices his own life to save his sons.
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He sacrificed his whole life to it.
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Read in studio A coroner has paid tribute to a parachutist who sacrificed his own life to save a colleague.
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In Edrakonia when people believe in things they're willing to sacrifice their lives .
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A hundred thousand men sacrificed their lives on the Marne.
principle
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By this means no party will be called upon to sacrifice any of the principles in which it believes.
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Politicians of every stripe have sacrificed their most sacred principles on the altar of water development.
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A way must be found to simplify the system without sacrificing its structure and principles .
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But Horsley hadn't sacrificed his humanitarian principles whilst presiding over such speedy business growth.
son
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Donald comforted himself by imagining himself an unwilling Abraham, called upon to sacrifice his sons on the altar of patriotism.
■ VERB
mean
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Let's try again, even if it means sacrificing the kiss.-It exists, it's written down.
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More men would take leave if they could afford to, but taking leave usually means sacrificing income.
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Adopting this traditional masculine style doesn't mean having to sacrifice your femininity.
prepare
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He had been prepared to sacrifice anyone and anything to his ambition.
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Some will be prepared to sacrifice a short-term class advantage to the mandate for a long-term restoration of the national well-being.
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They have never been prepared to sacrifice quality of children for quantity.
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She is prepared to sacrifice herself again for some one else.
will
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In Edrakonia when people believe in things they're willing to sacrifice their lives.
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Others were willing to sacrifice a little flavor for the nutritional improvements.
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He is a patriot of the first order, willing to sacrifice personal justice for the red, white and blue.
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Tsur believes he is part of a silent but equally strong current of Golan residents willing to sacrifice for peace.
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Acheman is preening and unscrupulous, willing to sacrifice truth for a Pulitzer Prize.
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What are you willing to sacrifice to win?
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Would I be willing to sacrifice family and friends for monetary gain?
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And willing to sacrifice for it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
make the supreme sacrifice
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These were people who showed courage, faith, and were an example to all by making the supreme sacrifice.
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We felt that it was a great tribute to us and all our many comrades who made the supreme sacrifice.
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You made the supreme sacrifice of your life for your work last night, so don't be shy about admitting it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He sacrificed a promising career to look after his handicapped daughter.
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Her letters reveal the extent to which she had sacrificed her identity.
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The nation is not prepared to sacrifice its independence for the sake of an alliance with a powerful neighbour.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He sacrificed status to remain in Middlemarch and even so can not see her.
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Is he a deity bearing off animals that have been sacrificed to him?
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Not literally, perhaps-but he wanted to know how much I would go through for him, how much I would sacrifice .
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Some will be prepared to sacrifice a short-term class advantage to the mandate for a long-term restoration of the national well-being.
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The intense preliminary bombardment, so characteristic of Pétain, was just too prolonged and sacrificed the vital element of surprise.
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This is what nature does: it sacrifices elegance for reliability.
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Two men so different in appearance and manner, yet both prepared to sacrifice her feelings on the altar of their ambition.
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What we are being asked to do now is to sacrifice the development of these areas in order to protect the environment.