self-immolate en · VERB
Etymology
From self- + immolate.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To set oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.
A woman asked, hesitantly: “Is he the one who … self-immolated?”
2019 April 15, J Oliver Conroy, “A lawyer set himself on fire to protest climate change. Did anyone care?”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| self-immolating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| self-immolates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| self-immolated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| self-immolated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (12)
ru сжечь самого́ себя́ (to set oneself on fire) · mk се самозапалува (to set oneself on fire) · la sē immolāre (to set oneself on fire) · hy ինքնահրկիզվել (to set oneself on fire) · fr s'immoler (to set oneself on fire) · ja 焼身自殺する (to set oneself on fire) · ja 焼身する (to set oneself on fire) · cmn 自焚 (to set oneself on fire) · fi tehdä polttoitsemurha (to set oneself on fire) · es autocremarse (to set oneself on fire) · ru сжига́ть самого́ себя́ (to set oneself on fire) · sv sätta eld på sig själv (to set oneself on fire)