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immolation

[im-uh-ley-shuhn] / ˌɪm əˈleɪ ʃən /


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With the city’s immolation, Hirohito bowed to the inevitable.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

UnitedHealth Group shares fell more than 50% over the course of a single month in spring 2025, a spectacular immolation for a healthcare behemoth that has operations touching every inch of the sector.

From Barron's Dec. 28, 2025

Landslides would close PCH fairly regularly, and, indeed, last week, the immolation of ground cover sent rocks onto parts of PCH.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2025

Mr Singh later went on to join the Sati Dharma Raksha Samiti – a committee formed to valorise Kanwar’s immolation – and became its deputy chief.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2024

Two tears slid down her fallen cheeks, in and out of the myriad coruscations of immolation and abnegation and time.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner




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