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sac·ri·fi·cial
 sacrificial
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- pronunciation:
- sae
kr
fI
shl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
of, concerning, or given up as a sacrifice.
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(adj.)sacrificial
+ noun
act,
altar,
animal,
anode,
aspect,
blood,
bull,
canoe,
crisis,
death,
fire,
function,
gift,
giving,
goat,
identity,
knife,
lamb,
love,
mask,
material,
meal,
mechanism,
myth,
offering,
pig,
plaza,
procedure,
protection,
ram,
rite,
ritual,
sheep,
slaughter,
suffering,
theme,
transaction,
victim,
village,
violence,
virgin,
well,
zinc
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| derivation: |
sacrificially (adv.) |
The word sacrificial
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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