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pyres

NOUN
large fire
Synonyms


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Grieving survivors have gathered around funeral pyres to send off 13 people who died in the 6.4-magnitude quake.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023

The 13 bodies were carried on Sunday to the banks of the Bheri River and placed on pyres made of stacked wood.

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2023

Along the great crescent sweep of the river, smoke billowed from the pyres that burn night and day.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2022

The coffins were placed on pyres newly built from bricks and dressed with flowers and black and white decorative cloth.

From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022

He shuddered, thinking of funeral pyres burning on the surface of the water, of red lights in the deep.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee



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