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Recent Examples of self-immolation
But also, there’s a hunger for leadership in opposition to this administration, and the Democrats are losing an opportunity to be those leaders with their endless self-immolation.
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Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
According to Hindu mythology, the Hinglaj Devi temple is one of the sites where the remains of Sati, a goddess of marital devotion and longevity, fell to earth after her self-immolation.
—Zia Ur-Rehman Asim Hafeez, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The self-immolation, which resulted in Azzarello’s death, set a dramatic and dark tone at the trial’s outset but ultimately faded into the background of the historic case.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 28 May 2025
Playing him was a kind of self-immolation for Tesfaye.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 May 2025
The last flareup in the early 2010s involved a string of self-immolation incidents that critics called a desperate cry against the Chinese government’s ever-tightening grip on Tibetan society.
—Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
Gough’s performance is a savage self-immolation of a woman who only knows how to feign joy — and then only ever in extremis — but equally crucial to the moment is the clothing that costume designer Michael Wilkinson arms her with.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2025
It was sparked by the self-immolation of a Tunisian street vendor to protest police corruption and abuses.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
Pryor, though, largely lost his bite after his self-immolation, which the film (and later Pryor’s family) characterized as a suicide attempt.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
According to Hindu mythology, the Hinglaj Devi temple is one of the sites where the remains of Sati, a goddess of marital devotion and longevity, fell to earth after her self-immolation.
—Zia Ur-Rehman Asim Hafeez, New York Times, 30 May 2025
The self-immolation, which resulted in Azzarello’s death, set a dramatic and dark tone at the trial’s outset but ultimately faded into the background of the historic case.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 28 May 2025
Playing him was a kind of self-immolation for Tesfaye.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 May 2025
The last flareup in the early 2010s involved a string of self-immolation incidents that critics called a desperate cry against the Chinese government’s ever-tightening grip on Tibetan society.
—Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
Gough’s performance is a savage self-immolation of a woman who only knows how to feign joy — and then only ever in extremis — but equally crucial to the moment is the clothing that costume designer Michael Wilkinson arms her with.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Apr. 2025
It was sparked by the self-immolation of a Tunisian street vendor to protest police corruption and abuses.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
Pryor, though, largely lost his bite after his self-immolation, which the film (and later Pryor’s family) characterized as a suicide attempt.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-immolation
Noun
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The broken family exults in its own debasement just like the protesters and activist judges who pursue self-annihilation as liberation.—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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The clock, which is updated by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is meant to be a metaphor for how close humanity is to self-annihilation.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But if the director was already critical of his country beforehand, the place is in such a dire state right now that his only response this time seems to be a form of cinematic self-flagellation.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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Rublev, 27 and the men’s world No. 9, is prone to fits of self-flagellation — often hammering at his body with his racket.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Self-immolation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-immolation. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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