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self-immolating

self-immolating is the present participle and gerund 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-immolating

What is self-immolating the present participle and gerund of?
Self-immolating is the present participle and gerund of self-immolate.

Words near self-immolating in the dictionary

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

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