as in offered
to give up as an offering to a god
according to the Old Testament, Abraham was willing to sacrifice even his son to God
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Recent Examples of sacrificed
Fast forward 12 months, and half of that rotation is gone, sacrificed at the altar of the second-apron overlords.
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Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
There was a goat sacrificed for the film.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
For Verlander, his latest quality start was possible due in part to a sacrifice from Dominic Smith, who sacrificed his body for an out.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
But perhaps no one sacrificed more than Survivor 49 cast member Jake Latimer, who missed the birth of his first child — Jax Paul Kenneth Latimer, born on May 2 — to appear on the season.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
Reliability is never sacrificed; speed lives in a parallel track until it’s proven safe to merge.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Their land had been sacrificed so others’ could be spared.
—Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
America may weather another partisan cycle, but a broken CDC means preventable deaths will mount, avoidable suffering will multiply and the most vulnerable will once again be sacrificed on the altar of ideology.
—Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Both he and Tony have been sacrificed to the almighty dollar.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
There was a goat sacrificed for the film.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
For Verlander, his latest quality start was possible due in part to a sacrifice from Dominic Smith, who sacrificed his body for an out.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
But perhaps no one sacrificed more than Survivor 49 cast member Jake Latimer, who missed the birth of his first child — Jax Paul Kenneth Latimer, born on May 2 — to appear on the season.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
Reliability is never sacrificed; speed lives in a parallel track until it’s proven safe to merge.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Their land had been sacrificed so others’ could be spared.
—Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
America may weather another partisan cycle, but a broken CDC means preventable deaths will mount, avoidable suffering will multiply and the most vulnerable will once again be sacrificed on the altar of ideology.
—Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Both he and Tony have been sacrificed to the almighty dollar.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacrificed
offered
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But while salons have offered steam treatments as a curly hair staple for decades, at-home steamers have been too bulky (attempting to replicate in-salon domes) or too hard to use, requiring you to wrestle your curls into heated thermal caps, a battle that’s easy to lose.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Prior to word leaking about Beasley potentially being looked into by the Eastern District of New York just a few days ahead of free agency, the Pistons had reportedly offered him a three-year, $42 million free agent deal.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Sacrificed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrificed. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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