immolation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

immolation
    n 1: killing or offering as a sacrifice

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Immolation \Im`mo*la"tion\, n. [L. immolatio: cf. F.
   immolation.]
   1. The act of immolating, or the state of being immolated, or
      sacrificed. --Sir. T. Browne.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. That which is immolated; a sacrifice.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Destruction by fire.
      [PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

55 Moby Thesaurus words for "immolation":
      bane, blood, bloodletting, bloodshed, braining, burnt offering,
      collection, dealing death, destruction, destruction of life,
      dispatch, drink offering, euthanasia, ex voto offering, execution,
      extermination, flow of blood, gore, heave offering, hecatomb,
      holocaust, human sacrifice, incense, infanticide, kill, killing,
      lapidation, libation, mactation, martyrdom, martyrization,
      mercy killing, oblation, offering, offertory, peace offering,
      piacular offering, poisoning, ritual killing, ritual murder,
      sacramental offering, sacrifice, scapegoat, self-immolation,
      self-sacrifice, shooting, slaughter, slaying, stoning, suttee,
      sutteeism, taking of life, thank offering, votive offering,
      whole offering