Vocabulary
Sacrifice
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to a deity.
Urdu meaning
قربانی، نیاز
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Kirk`s sacrifice for Trump`s cause has deepened Trump`s conviction that he is destined by Providence to survive.
- Their sacrifice reminds us of both the human toll of climate change and the cost of official inaction.
- It ensures the preservation of the FC`s proud heritage of tribal valour and sacrifice, while creating a nationallevel federal force equipped to respond to emerging security demands.
- Let me reiterate yet another well-known effect of these schemes: they sacrifice the basic housing and other needs of the working poor.
- However, while from the religious viewpoint gathering sawab for the next world is essential, were these the sole aims of Imam Husain`s immense sacrifice that people around the world commemorate on Ashura?
Synonyms
ritual slaughter, hecatomb, immolation, offering, oblation, self-sacrifice, self-immolation
Antonyms
reservation, appropriation, retention, salvation
Curator example
“they offer sacrifices to the spirits”
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