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Noun sacrifice has 5 senses

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; immolation
Derived 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

Verb sacrifice has 4 senses

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

Derived form: noun sacrifice₁
Sample sentences:
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

Derived form: noun sacrifice₄
Sample sentence:
They want to sacrifice the prisoners
sacrifice - sell at a loss
--₃ is one way to sell

Derived form: noun sacrifice₃
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
sacrifice - make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
--₄ is one way to offer, offer up

Derived forms: noun sacrifice₄, noun sacrificer₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody