self-immolate

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English

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Etymology

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From self- +‎ immolate.

Verb

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self-immolate (third-person singular simple present self-immolates, present participle self-immolating, simple past and past participle self-immolated)

  1. (intransitive) To set oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.
    • 2019 April 15, J Oliver Conroy, “A lawyer set himself on fire to protest climate change. Did anyone care?”, in The Guardian[1]:
      A woman asked, hesitantly: “Is he the one who … self-immolated?”
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