I.
noun
1 giving sth up
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , considerable , enormous , great , heavy , huge , real , tremendous
▪ financial , personal
▪ heroic , noble
▪ final , supreme , ultimate
▪
Soldiers who die for their country have made the supreme ~.
VERB + SACRIFICE
▪ be
▪
I know it's a ~ for you, but please try to understand.
▪ make
▪ involve , mean , require
▪
Completing the course will require ~.
2 part of a ceremony
ADJECTIVE
▪ animal , human
▪ pagan , religious , ritual
▪ blood
VERB + SACRIFICE
▪ perform
▪ offer (sth as)
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
Food and wine were offered as ~s to the gods.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ gladly , willingly
VERB + SACRIFICE
▪ be forced to , be obliged to , have to
▪ be prepared to , be ready to , be willing to
▪
She was prepared to ~ having a family in order to pursue her career.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
soldiers who ~d their lives for their country
▪ to
▪
In her writing, clarity is sometimes ~d to ( = for the sake of ) brevity.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sth for the sake of sth
▪
Comfort has been ~d for the sake of improved performance.
Sacrifice is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ animal , ↑ confidentiality , ↑ lamb , ↑ liberty , ↑ life , ↑ pride , ↑ quality