| Noun | 1. | sacrifice - the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. | |
| 2. | sacrifice - personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) | |
| 3. | 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"loss - something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt" | |
| 4. | sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deityhecatomb - a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen | |
| 5. | sacrifice - (sacrifice) an out that advances the base runnersputout - an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout); "the first baseman made 15 putouts" baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | |
| Verb | 1. | sacrifice - endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"devote, pay, give - dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to" dedicate, devote, commit, consecrate, give - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" relinquish, resign, give up, release, free - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" | |
| 2. | sacrifice - kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | |
| 3. | sacrifice - sell at a losssell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit" | |
| 4. | sacrifice - make a sacrifice of; in religious ritualsimmolate - offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction; "The Aztecs immolated human victims"; "immolate the valuables at the temple" offer up, offer - present as an act of worship; "offer prayers to the gods" | |