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   self-immolation

   /ˌsɛlfɪməˈleɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of setting fire to oneself, especially as a form of protest or sacrifice: "70 people died in the unrest, mainly by gunfire and self-immolation"
   • ▪ the action of destroying or causing serious harm to oneself: "he dimmed his presidential hopes through verbal self-immolation in the pages of the National Journal"

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