Noun
The killing of one or more human beings as part of a religious ritual.
A human being killed in this way.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe only religion that still demands human sacrifice is nationalism. Kenneth Boulding
The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice. Emma Goldman
Washington is a mean town where human sacrifice has been raised to an art form. Dick Morris
The feudal concept of self-preservation is poisoned at the core by the virulent assumption of master and man, of potentate and slave, of external and internal suppression of the life urge of the only one - of its faith in human sacrifice as a means of salvation. Louis Sullivan
War is a fundamental aspect of human existence. It's good to know what war entails and what the human sacrifice is. Tim O'Brien
The precursors to a civilization that's going under are the same, time and time again. ... What's human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason? Mel Gibson