be sacrificed on the altar ofbe sacrificed on the altar of (something)
formal to be destroyed by an activity, system or belief that is bad but more important or more powerful.
Service and quality have been sacrificed on the altar of profit.
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sacrifice (something) on the altar of (something)
To abandon something in exchange for something else (which is stated after "of"). I know you want to help your family, but you can't sacrifice your happiness on the altar of servitude.It seems that the curriculum at this school has been sacrificed on the altar of profit.
sacrifice someone or something on the altar of
make someone or something suffer in the interests of someone or something else.
1994Post (Denver) The cherished goal of a color-blind society…has been sacrificed on the altar of political expediency.