supreme sacrifice

English

Noun

supreme sacrifice (plural supreme sacrifices)

  1. Dying (especially in battle) for one's country or other cause.
    • 1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:41 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S.‎, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
      We will face the problems of peace with the same courage that we have faced and mastered the problems of war. In the memory of those that have made the supreme sacrifice, in the memory of our fallen president, we shall not fail.
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