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To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out

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To offer (something) as a gift to a deity

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To trade (a value of higher worth) for one of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more such as an ally or business relationship or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money

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A play in which the batter is intentionally out in order that runners can advance around the bases

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To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board

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To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss

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to make an offering of to deity, especially by presenting on an altar

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To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice

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kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"

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{v} to offer or give up, kill, destroy

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{n} any thing offered up or destroyed

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I am very grateful for all the sacrifices my parents made for my sake. - I'm very grateful for all the sacrifices my parents made for my sake.

He has endured sacrifices for the United States that most of us cannot begin to imagine. - He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine.

1 The firing of employees and/or the reduction of plant and equipment

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To give away more or less altruistically something valuable to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss

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A sacrifice hit

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any piece left en prise

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Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest

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(1) when a batter bunts the ball and is put out but the baserunner advances; (2) when a batter hits a long fly ball that is caught but gives the baserunner time to tag up and advance home

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A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value

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To sacrifice an animal or person means to kill them in a special religious ceremony as an offering to a god. The priest sacrificed a chicken Sacrifice is also a noun. animal sacrifices to the gods. Act of offering objects to a divinity, thereby making them holy. The motivation for sacrifice is to perpetuate, intensify, or reestablish a connection between the human and the divine. It is often intended to gain the favour of the god or to placate divine wrath. The term has come to be applied specifically to blood sacrifice, which entails the death or destruction of the thing sacrificed (see human sacrifice). The sacrifice of fruits, flowers, or crops (bloodless sacrifice) is more often referred to as an offering

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a voluntary surrender of material for attack or positional advantages

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To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep

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

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a central belief in the ego's thought system: someone must lose if another is to gain; the principle of giving up in order to receive (giving to get); e g , in order to receive God's Love we must pay a price, usually in the form of suffering to expiate our guilt (sin); in order to receive another's love, we must pay for it through the special love bargain; the reversal of the principle of salvation or justice: no one loses and everyone gains

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If you sacrifice something that is valuable or important, you give it up, usually to obtain something else for yourself or for other people. She sacrificed family life to her career Kitty Aldridge has sacrificed all for her first film He sacrificed himself and so saved his country. Sacrifice is also a noun. She made many sacrifices to get Anita a good education see also self-sacrifice

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Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation

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To deliberately give up material to achieve an advantage (which could include a gain in tempo, greater mobility, a checkmate, etc )

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To advance a runner on base by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out

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{f} make an offering to a god; sell at a loss; tolerate the loss of; surrender something for the sake of something more valuable

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make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"

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endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"

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To offer as a gift to a deity

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make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals

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To destroy; to kill

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Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering

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To intentionally give up a piece in order to improve one's position on the board

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(sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity personnel that are sacrificed (e

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A statistic that is recorded if a player intentionally (or sometimes unintentionally) hits the ball for the sole purpose of moving a base runner to the next base, fully expecting be out

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

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A play in which a batter concedes an out to advance a runner

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surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"

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

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{i} act of making an offering to a god; person or item which is offered to a god; surrender of something for the sake of something more valuable; loss caused by selling something below cost

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the practice of giving something of value to God, in order to show one's devotion or commitment In Israelite religion, sacrifice, usually of an animal or bird (though grain was also offered), was carried out by the ritual destruction of part or all of it by fire on an altar This symbolized the bonding of oneself with God or the reunion with God after a sinful or unclean person received forgiveness and purification Christianity took over this idea of sacrifice and applied it to the death of Jesus Christ, teaching that Christ's sacrifice was in atonement for human sin In modern-day Christianity, sacrifice usually entails doing without things of value (money, material possessions, or time) by giving them away, to the church to promote its work of worship and service, to any organization engaged in the service of others, or directly to those in need

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(sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners

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To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value

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The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite

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a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"

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• When you hate today’s game, but your wife or girlfriend loves it

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A purposeful loss of a chessman in the interest of gaining some other advantage

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(Gr Thysia; Sl Zhertva) The bloodless offering to God, which is the Holy Eucharist offered at the Liturgy It signifies the sacrifice of Christ on the cross for man's salvation Also, refer to the article on theDogmatic Tradition of the Orthodox Church

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