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sacrifice

1. sac.ri.fice \'sak-r*-.fi-s, -f*s also -.fi-z\ n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L 
   sacrificium, fr. sacr-, sacer] 1: an act of offering something precious to 
   deity; specif : the off ering of a immolated victim 2: something offered in 
   sacrifice  3a: destruction or surrender of something for the sake of 
   something else  3b: something given up or lost {the ~s made by parents}  4: 
   LOSS, DEPRIVATION 
2. sac.ri.fice \-.fi-s, -.fi-z also -f*s\ vt 1: to offer as a sacrifice : 
   IMMOLATE  2: to suffer loss of, give up, renounce, injure, or destroy for 
   an ideal,  belief, or end 3: to sell at a loss  1: to offer up or perform 
   rites of a sacrifice  2: to make a sacrifice hit in baseball  - 
   sac.ri.fic.er n