How would you answer a question asking "In what ways would you like to immolate this person?"?

Question

It's about a saint.

I know that immolate means like sacrifice.

Answer 1

Immolation refers to sprinkling the victim with grain prior to the execution. The origin, perhaps, of Shake n' Bake. It has also the meaning of the sacrifice itself.  I have entertained visions of drowning Bin Laden in a vat of pig manure, but I don't think I could do it myself.

Answer 2

I think the word you want is "emulate", not "immolate". As you can see from the definitions above of the word "immolate", the question doesn't make much sense.

I think you mean to "emulate" somone, which means to strive to be like him/her, to follow the example of the person.

Answer 3

Typically, immolate means to destroy by fire:

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im·mo·late  

–verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.

1. to sacrifice.  

2. to kill as a sacrificial victim, as by fire; offer in sacrifice.  (the most common use of the word)

3. to destroy by fire.  

[Origin: 1540–50; < L immolātus, ptp. of immolāre to sprinkle with holy meal prior to sacrificing, sacrifice, equiv. to im- im-1 + mol(a) sacrificial barley cake, lit., millstone (see mill1) + -ātus -ate1]