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self-immolates

self-immolates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of self-immolate.

Meaning of self-immolate

Verb

self-immolate (third-person singular simple present self-immolates, present participle self-immolating, simple past and past participle self-immolated)

  1. (intransitive) To set oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.
    • A woman asked, hesitantly: “Is he the one who … self-immolated?”2019 April 15, J Oliver Conroy, “A lawyer set himself on fire to protest climate change. Did anyone care?”, in The Guardian

Questions about self-immolates

What is self-immolates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Self-immolates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of self-immolate.

Words near self-immolates in the dictionary

  1. self-imitating
  2. self-imitation
  3. self-imitations
  4. self-immolate
  5. self-immolated
  6. self-immolates
  7. self-immolating
  8. self-immolation
  9. self-immolations
  10. self-importance
  11. self-important

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