Killed
Sacrificed and killed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sacrificed" instead a verb "Killed".
Sacrificed
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Vivi. Finds out he's a prototype model of mindless magical soldiers, watches his own kind get killed or sacrificed like cannon fodder, and then learns that all the black mages have a very short lifespan and his time could come any moment.
Source: Break The Cutie / Video Games -
Finds out he's a prototype model of mindless magical soldiers, watches his own kind get killed or sacrificed like cannon fodder, and then learns that all the black mages have a very short lifespan and his time could come any moment.
Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy IX - Romeo X Juliet ends with most of the cast living happily ever after...all because Romeo and Juliet were horribly killed and sacrificed to a tree which had previously kept the city they live in afloat in the sky.
Source: Esoteric Happy Ending
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