#ritual_killing__sacrifice  the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
  supertype:  killing__putting_to_death  the act of terminating a life
  subtype:  hecatomb  a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
  subtype:  immolation.ritual_killing  to kill as a sacrifice by fire

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