(a.) Suicide.

altruism blazing blistering branding burning burnt offering calcination car of Jagannath carbonization cauterization cautery cineration collection combustion commitment concremation consecration cracking cremation cupellation dedication deflagration destructive distillation devotion disembowelment disinterest disinterestedness distillation distilling drink offering ex voto offering felo-de-se flaming hara-kiri heave offering hecatomb holocaust human sacrifice humility immolation incense incineration infanticide libation mactation mass suicide modesty oblation offering offertory oxidation oxidization parching peace offering piacular offering pyrolysis refining ritual suicide sacramental offering sacrifice scapegoat scorching scorification searing self-abasement self-abnegation self-denial self-destruction self-devotion self-effacement self-forgetfulness self-murder self-neglect self-neglectfulness self-renouncement self-sacrifice self-subjection selflessness seppuku singeing smelting suicide suttee sutteeism thank offering the stake thermogenesis unacquisitiveness unpossessiveness unselfishness vesication votive offering whole offering