immolation
i muh lay shuhn
- n killing or offering as a sacrifice
- Back in the '60s, we presumed that his self-immolation would be commemorated by social action, the downtrodden rising against the system and creating to use Che's own words .
- When he wasn't risking immolation for the Polish Press Agency, his longtime employer, Kapuscinski wrote books blending reportage, philosophical musings and novelistic grace.
- Self-immolation is a shocking act.