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  • 21Sacrifice (Motörhead) — Sacrifice Album par Motörhead Sortie 11 juillet 1995 Enregistrement 1995 Cherokee Studios, Hollywood …

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  • 22make the ultimate sacrifice — or pay the ultimate price to die fighting for something or trying to achieve something …

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  • 23make the ultimate sacrifice — pay the ultimate price phrase to die fighting for something or trying to achieve something Thesaurus: to die or to be killedsynonym Main entry: ultimate …

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  • 24Sacrifice — Sac ri*fice, v. i. To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice. [1913 Webster] O teacher, some great mischief hath befallen To that meek man, who well had sacrificed. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 25SACRIFICE — IN THE BIBLE In the Bible various verbs are used to designate the act of sacrifice. Two of them, שחט and טבח, are used for the slaughter of animals for both secular (cf. Gen. 43:16; Num. 11:22) and sacred purposes, while the verbs זבח (hence the… …

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  • 26sacrifice — ▪ I. sacrifice sac‧ri‧fice 1 [ˈsækrfaɪs] noun [countable, uncountable] something valuable that you decide not to have, in order to get something that is more important: • The directors are willing to make certain sacrifices to make the company… …

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  • 27Sacrifice (chess) — a b c d e f g h …

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  • 28sacrifice — I n. 1) to make; offer a sacrifice 2) a great; heroic; personal sacrifice 3) a human sacrifice 4) the supreme, ultimate sacrifice 5) a sacrifice to 6) at (a) sacrifice (we achieved our success at great personal sacrifice) II v. 1) (D; refl., tr.) …

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  • 29sacrifice — sac|ri|fice1 [ˈsækrıfaıs] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin sacrificium, from sacer ( SACRED) + facere to make ] 1.) [U and C] when you decide not to have something valuable, in order to get something that is more important ▪ The… …

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  • 30sacrifice — 01. He totally [sacrificed] his marriage and his family for his career, and now he finds himself a very successful, lonely businessman. 02. The Aztecs [sacrificed] people to their gods. 03. She [sacrificed] a lot of her free time growing up in… …

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