Sacrifice

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NOUN

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)

a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value

the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

(baseball) an out that advances the base runners

VERB

endure the loss of

kill or destroy

sell at a loss

make a sacrifice of

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