sacrifice
nounADJ.
considerable, enormous, great, heavy, real | financial, personal | heroic | supreme, ultimate
Soldiers who die for their country have made the supreme sacrifice.VERB + SACRIFICE
make
ADJ.
animal, human | religious, ritual | blood | pagan
VERB + SACRIFICE
perform | offer (sth as)
PREP.
~ to
Food and wine were offered as sacrifices to the gods.sacrifice
verbVERB + SACRIFICE
be obliged to, have to | be prepared to, be willing to
She was prepared to sacrifice having a family in order to pursue her career.PREP.
for
soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their countryPHRASES
sacrifice sth for the sake of sth
Comfort has been sacrificed for the sake of improved performance.