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- noun Dying (especially in battle) for one's country or other cause.
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Examples
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And we all mourn the loss of those who make the supreme sacrifice.
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These observations make sense in light of the fact that Luke 22:19-20 & Acts 20:28 portray Jesus' death as the supreme sacrifice.
The Only True God Chapter 5: Monotheism and Worship in the Book of Revelation James F. McGrath 2009
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Jordan's cousin permitted me to publish his letter, and I do so with feelings of gratitude, inspiration and even love for a man who I only got to know after he made the supreme sacrifice.
Fighting for freedom overseas -- and Canada - Ezra Levant 2008
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The Father entrusted the Son with the mission of giving men eternal life, loving them to the point of the supreme sacrifice, and at the same time he has given him the power to judge them, from the moment that he was made Son of Man, like us in all things cf.
Archive 2008-11-23 papabear 2008
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These scoundrels are now rationalising their decisions over the budget in order to sound patriotic and like they were making a supreme sacrifice.
Nunc Scio » Blog Archive » A bad case of coalition anxiety 2008
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Jordan's cousin permitted me to publish his letter, and I do so with feelings of gratitude, inspiration and even love for a man who I only got to know after he made the supreme sacrifice.
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The Father entrusted the Son with the mission of giving men eternal life, loving them to the point of the supreme sacrifice, and at the same time he has given him the power to judge them, from the moment that he was made Son of Man, like us in all things cf.
The New Beginning papabear 2008
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NMFA salutes the brave men and women who have made the supreme sacrifice in defense of our nation.
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It produced many young heroes and heroines, some of whom paid the supreme sacrifice and lost their lives so that we could be free.
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So, yes, maybe Obama is patriotic, but maybe only so if you grant his close friends that attribute, and consider their attempts to bring down our government by force equivalent morally to John McCain III spending 5 1/2 years as a POW and 57k+ making the supreme sacrifice in that war.
"Let me be clear. I will let no one question my love of this country." Ann Althouse 2008
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