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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

GMP said there was also another incident of vandalism at the cenotaph on Monday when poppies were taken down.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2023

The meeting took place late that month in Gwangju, by a gray stone cenotaph near the site of the minibus shooting.

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 this case, as in all cases, the question of mere objective fact simply returns, as importunate as ever, for another reckoning, with Shelley's cloud silently laughing at its own cenotaph.

From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Lloyd, Alfred H.




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