The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SACRIFICE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 1998.
Burnt offering crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SACRIFICE | 50 % | 9 |
| FIRESALE | 50 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Burnt offering
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- offering
- holocaust
- peace offering
- sacrifice
- votive candle
- oblation
- human sacrifice
- altarage
- corban
- lamb of god
- offertory
- holocost
Crossword Answer definitions
SACRIFICE noun- The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite.
- The destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; the devotion of something desirable to something higher, or to a calling deemed more pressing.
- Something sacrificed.
- A loss of profit.
- A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
- To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.
- To give away (something valuable) to get at least a possibility of gaining something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss.
- To trade (a value of higher worth) for something of lesser worth in order to gain something else valued more, such as an ally or business relationship, or to avoid an even greater loss; to sell without profit to gain something other than money.
- To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board.
- To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out.
- To sell at a price less than the cost or actual value.
- To destroy; to kill.
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