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cenotaph

[sen-uh-taf, -tahf] / ˈsɛn əˌtæf, -ˌtɑf /


NOUN
tombstone
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In the square leading to the cenotaph, relatives and friends have written the names and ages of the disaster's 57 victims in red paint.

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

She said the "tenor" of the posts was to "encourage members of the public to attend a preorganised protest", and by 18:00 BST about 200 people had gathered around the cenotaph in Hartlepool town centre.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2024

Choi kneels before the cenotaph and hangs his head.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2023

“A vast cenotaph of secession” was how the journalist and historian Tony Horwitz described Richmond in his 1998 book, “Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches From the Unfinished Civil War.”

From New York Times Dec. 26, 2022

In 1721, however, a cenotaph was erected in his honour in Westminster Abbey.

From Dickens' London by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield




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