Immolation

Immolation means a sacrificial killing, such as:

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• Animal sacrifice
• Human sacrifice
• Sati is a Hindu funeral custom involving immolation

Immolation may also be performed voluntarily:

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• Self-immolation is suicide by immolation, notably as an extreme form of protest. The term is often associated with self sacrifice by fire.
• Jauhar was the voluntary death (oringinally on a funeral pyre) of royal womenfolk of defeated Rajput castles to escape molestation by the conquerors

Immolation in culture:

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• Immolation is a Death Metal band from New York.
 
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