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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

Frangello writes, “I long to reach into the past and beg, ‘Don’t throw yourself on the pyre.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2025

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

But when the time came for the festival’s grand finale, the burning and explosion of the snowman atop a pyre, high winds kicked up and the ceremony was scuttled for safety reasons.

From New York Times Apr. 16, 2024

The sun was going down when she called them back to carry his body to the pyre.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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