KILLto kill someone or destroy something by burning them 烧死;烧毁
—immolation /ˌɪməˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
immolate• A suicidesquad was formed of women ready to immolate themselves if the pageant went ahead.
Originimmolate
(1500-1600)Latin past participle of immolare, from mola“crushed grain”; because people about to be ceremonially killed had crushed grain scattered over them