sacrifices

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
• plural of sacrifice

Verb

• endure the loss of
• kill or destroy
• sell at a loss
• make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals
• third-person singular simple present indicative of sacrifice

Synonyms

forfeit, forfeiture, give, ritual killing, sacrifice