Noun
The act of setting oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.
Synonym: autocremation
(figuratively) The act of self-sacrificing oneself, in any manner of ways.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAccording to a source, Pujarani attempted self-immolation at her parental residence in New Market Colony in wee hours of Saturday. Source: Internet
Ben Vereen is the beguiling leading player of a troupe who may or may not lead the eponymous prince to self-immolation. Source: Internet
A captain which had been protesting over many months against corruption in the fishing industry in Dakhla on 30 March carried out his threat of self-immolation. Source: Internet
Late January, a 43 year old Mauritanian businessman died at a hospital in Casablanca a few days after he had attempted self-immolation in front of the Presidential palace in Nouakchott to protest against the regime. Source: Internet
In other words, Pentecostalism is in danger of self-immolation through blatant and unrelenting prattle on materialism. Source: Internet
Tibetans had turned to self-immolation to publicize and reach a larger audience about just how many people are truly suffering under the Chinese rule. Source: Internet