Make (someone or something) suffer in the interests of.
‘no businessman is going to sacrifice his company on the altar of such altruism’
‘In the display of free and fair elections, the party was sacrificed at the altar of the interest of the nation.’
‘The producer knew that this was going to be his shot and so we were sacrificed on the altar of his career.’
‘One of the earliest and most helpful comments I received criticized me, basically, of sacrificing the truth at the altar of revisionist multicultural relevance.’
‘The Kok report tries to do away with a belief that jobs need to be sacrificed at the altar of economic growth.’
‘As far as television coverage is concerned, hockey is being sacrificed at the altar of cricket.’
‘Emotional bonding between mother and child was sacrificed at the feminist altar of power.’
‘Private freedoms are being sacrificed on the altar of public expediency.’
‘We are concerned about the thousands of Kiwi jobs that will be sacrificed on the altar of free trade.’
‘The rights of women should not be sacrificed on the altar of multi-culturalism.’
‘Nothing is forced, and in the mode of European cinema plot is sacrificed at the altar of character.’
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