sacrificial
adjective/ˌsækrɪˈfɪʃl/
/ˌsækrɪˈfɪʃl/
[usually before noun]- offered as a sacrifice
- a sacrificial lamb
- (figurative) Our department became the sacrificial lamb when the company decided to downsize (= we lost our jobs so that other departments could stay in business).
Oxford Collocations DictionarySacrificial is used with these nouns:- altar
- lamb
- offering
- …
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