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Definition for body

noun as in physique

noun as in corpse

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carcass, dead body, remains

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ashes, bones, cadaver, deceased, stiff

noun as in human being

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individual, party, person

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being, human, mortal, personage, soul

noun as in bulk; central portion

noun as in crowd

noun as in main part of written work

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In a nearby room with a 22-foot ceiling and black, soundproof walls, an even larger sphere with more than 140 cameras and several video cameras are used to capture full body scans, gear and costumes.

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“It was such a powerful moment and the feeling I got reverberated through my whole body. I didn’t want that to ever go away, so I started to seek it out.”

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Women carried bodies from the battlefield, oversaw their burial and got the vote in 1920.

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Powered by these realizations, she’ll continue to lose herself in foggy nightclub dance floors, masses of sweaty bodies and blinding strobe lights.

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She lost more than 40% of her original body weight and was twice admitted to hospital in London.

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