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A sacrifice is the practice of offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of propitiation or worship.

Sacrifice may also refer to:

Art

• Sacrifice (painting), a 2013 painting by Robert B. Sherman

Film

• The Sacrifice (1909 film), a silent film
• Sacrifice (1917 film), an American drama directed by Frank Reicher
• The Sacrifice (1918 film), a German silent drama film
• The Sacrifice (1979 film), a Turkish drama film
• The Sacrifice (1986 film), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Sacrifice (2000 film), a TV movie directed by Mark L. Lester
• The Sacrifice (2005 film), an independent film
• Sacrifice (2010 film), a Chinese historical drama film directed by Chen Kaige
• Sacrifice (2011 film), an American/Canadian thriller film
• Sacrifice (2014 film), an American thriller film
• Sacrifice (2016 film), an American thriller film
• Jodi Ekdin, a 2019 Bangladeshi film known as The Sacrifice in English
• The Sacrifice (2020 film), a Chinese war film
• Sacrifice (2020 film), a British horror film

Games

• Sacrifice (bridge), a strategy in bridge
• Sacrifice (chess), a move in chess
• Sacrifice (video game), a 2000 3D real-time strategy game

Literature

• The Sacrifice, a 1956 novel by Adele Wiseman
• Sacrifice, a 1985 thriller novel by Graham Masterton
• Sacrifice, a 1991 novel by Andrew Vachss
• The Sacrifice (The Fey), a 1995 novel by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• The Sacrifice (Applegate novel), a 2001 book in the Animorphs series
• Sacrifice, a 2007 novel in the Legacy of the Force series
• Left 4 Dead: The Sacrifice, a 2010 graphic novel
• The Sacrifice (Higson novel), a 2011 young adult horror novel by Charlie Higson
• Sacrifice, a 2012 fantasy novel by Cayla Kluver and the final book in the Legacy series
• The Sacrifice (Oates novel), a 2015 novel by Joyce Carol Oates

Music

• Sacrifice (band), a Canadian thrash metal band
• The Sacrifice (opera), a 2007 opera by James MacMillan with a libretto by Michael Symmons Roberts

Sports

• Sacrifice bunt, a related baseball maneuver
• Sacrifice fly, a baseball maneuver
• Impact Wrestling Sacrifice, formerly Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Sacrifice, a pay-per-view event

Television

• "Sacrifice" (Angel), a 2003 episode of Angel
• "Sacrifice" (Arrow), a 2013 episode of Arrow
• "Sacrifice" (Battlestar Galactica), a 2006 episode of Battlestar Galactica
• "Sacrifice" (Blade: The Series), a 2006 episode of Blade: The Series
• Sacrifice (Derren Brown special), a 2018 special by Derren Brown
• "The Sacrifice" (Fear Itself), a 2008 episode of Fear Itself
• Sacrifice (The Following), a 2014 episode of the psychological thriller television series The Following
• Sacrifice (Revenge), a 2013 episode of television series Revenge
• "Sacrifice" (The Secret Circle), a 2012 episode of The Secret Circle
• "Sacrifices" (Stargate SG-1), a 2004 episode of Stargate SG-1
• Sacrifice (Supernatural), a 2013 episode of the paranormal drama television series Supernatural
• "Sacrifice" (The Unit), a 2008 episode of The Unit
• "The Sacrifice" (The Vampire Diaries), a 2010 episode of The Vampire Diaries
• "Sacrifice" is Episode 25 of Freeform's 2018 mermaid show Siren
• "Sacrifice", an episode of The Good Doctor

See also

• Sacrifice play (disambiguation)
• Sacrificial victim (disambiguation)