0 past simple and past participle of sacrifice
1 to give up something that is valuable to you in order to help another person:
Many women sacrifice interesting careers for their families.
2 to kill an animal or a person and offer them to a god or gods
It's the only bit of free time I get in the week and I'm not prepared to sacrifice it.
Many women sacrifice their own ambitions to put their family first.
He has sacrificed his personal life for the sake of celebrity.
He's the world's best tennis player but he's sacrificed everything else in his life for it.
She's had to sacrifice a lot for that relationship.
