Immolate

To “immolate” (IM-uh-late) – from the Latin for “sacrifice” – is to kill or destroy, often by fire.

Example (as used by Carol Kino in an issue of Art in America): “Bowls of honey at the room’s center drew random insects to immolate themselves against a nearby bug zapper.”

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