- forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice - the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
--1 is a kind of act, human action, human activity
Derived form: verb sacrifice1 - sacrifice - personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
--2 is a kind of personnel casualty, loss
- sacrifice - a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
--3 is a kind of loss
Derived form: verb sacrifice3 - sacrifice, ritual killing - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
--4 is a kind of killing, kill, putting to death
--4 has particulars: hecatomb; immolationDerived forms: verb sacrifice4, verb sacrifice2 - sacrifice - (sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners
--5 is a kind of putout
--5 has particulars: sacrifice fly - sacrifice - a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
- sacrifice, give - endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
--1 is one way to release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun sacrifice1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- sacrifice - kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
--2 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun sacrifice4
They want to sacrifice the prisoners
- sacrifice - sell at a loss
--3 is one way to sell
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun sacrifice3
Somebody ----s something
- sacrifice - make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
--4 is one way to offer, offer up
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun sacrifice4, noun sacrificer1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody