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Danish
Etymology
selv + afbrænding
Noun
selvafbrænding
- self-immolation
2017, Niels Martinov, Ole Ernst, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:Stykket handlede om studenten Jan Palachs selvafbrænding i Prag som protest mod østbloklandenes besættelse af Tjekkoslovakiet i 1968.- The piece was about the student Jan Palach's self-immolation in Prague in protest against East Bloc conquest of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
2012, Tom Rob Smith, Agent 6, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN, page 328:Da man frygtede yderligere gengældelsesaktioner efter det brutale offentlige optrin med Dost Mohammads selvafbrænding, var det russiske personel – inklusive rådgivere – blevet flyttet til sikre områder.- As further retribution acts were feared after the brutal public scene with Dost Mohammad's self-immolation, the Russian personnel - advisors included - had been moved to safe areas.
2008, Politipsykologi, Hans Reitzels Forlag, →ISBN, page 284:Der vil i sådanne tilfælde være en øget risiko for at pådrage sig en traumatisk oplevelse, for eksempel hvis man er uforberedt på, at selvafbrænding bruges som protestform, ...- There will in such cases be an elevated risk of getting a traumatic experience, for example if one is unprepared for self-immolation being used as a form of protest, ...
Declension
Declension of selvafbrænding