Hyphenation of SACRIFICE

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word SACRIFICE? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

SAC-RI-FICE

Definitions of SACRIFICE:

1.
The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.
2.
Personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
3.
A loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
He had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice
4.
The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
5.
(baseball) an out that advances the base runners
6.
Endure the loss of
He gave his life for his children I gave two sons to the war
7.
Kill or destroy
The animals were sacrificed after the experiment The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment
8.
Sell at a loss
9.
Make a sacrifice of
In religious rituals

Synonyms of SACRIFICE:

noun forfeit, forfeiture, act, human action, human activity
nounpersonnel casualty, loss
noun loss
nounritual killing, killing, kill, putting to death
noun putout
verb give, release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
verb kill
verb sell
verb offer, offer up

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