This week’s theme
Words related to food

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jambalaya
farraginous
kool-aid
ragout
immolate

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There’s an antonym for it

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PRONUNCIATION:

(IM-uh-layt)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To kill or sacrifice, especially by burning.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin immolare (to sprinkle, to sprinkle with meal before sacrificing), from in- (into) + mola (meal). Earliest documented use: 1548.

USAGE:

“Aline’s burning jealousy threatens to immolate all of them.”
Chris Knight; Misters Write; The Ottawa Citizen (Canada); Jul 1, 2016.

See more usage examples of immolate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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