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pyre

[pahyuhr] / paɪər /
NOUN
large fire
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If you have $35,000 in credit-card debt, not only should you cut up your cards, you should take the pieces and burn them on a pyre and vow never to make this mistake again.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Blessedly, these ballerinas didn’t learn their skills in prison or the foster system, and their tutus are not fodder for a satanic pyre.

From Salon Mar. 29, 2026

He was born to pose backlit by a pyre of flaming zombies and does so here, with the hot wind tickling his locks perfectly.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2025

His eldest daughter lit his funeral pyre at the crematorium in front of Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar and senior members of Singh's Congress Party.

From BBC Dec. 28, 2024

“The great dust sea, it’s called in the tales. What else but the Elmuthaleth? And the funeral pyre the size of a moon?”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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