Definition of "sacrificial" [sac•ri•fi•cial]

• Of, relating to, or concerned with a sacrifice: a sacrificial offering. (adjective)

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• "This is, of course, the provenance of the term sacrificial lamb."
• "The Conquistadors abolished cannibalism and human sacrifice, wars to obtain sacrificial victims, and the panoply of bloodthirsty gods."
• "Marshall is what you call a sacrificial lamb in this race."