as in pile
a quantity of wood heaped together for burning a dead body
a funeral pyre
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Recent Examples of pyre
Cheers and embers erupt as the giant pyres collapse.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Dido, after her lover Aeneas deserts her, kills herself with his sword on a funeral pyre, but not before building an effigy of him to burn alongside her.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
The deceased who are buried at the site would likely have been burnt on funeral pyres.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Allie—her body a flaming pyre of agony—rolled off the bed and fell to the floor.
—William Earl, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Dido, after her lover Aeneas deserts her, kills herself with his sword on a funeral pyre, but not before building an effigy of him to burn alongside her.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
The deceased who are buried at the site would likely have been burnt on funeral pyres.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Allie—her body a flaming pyre of agony—rolled off the bed and fell to the floor.
—William Earl, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pyre
Noun
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In fact, could also very well be the difference between a pilot being greenlit or remaining lost in a pile of pitches, never to see the light of day.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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This requires us to go through the forest every year after harvest and create burn piles with all the fallen wood that is too small for firewood.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Jesperson seized them from Moore’s hands, hung them on a clothesline and tortured them, leaving their bodies in a heap in the back garden.—
JP Mangalindan,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
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There are many reasons to visit New Orleans, from po' boys filled with heaps of fried shrimp spilling out of pillowy soft French bread, the shrill trills of brass trumpets, and the constant bustle of revelers across the city.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The site contains vertical stacks of dinosaur skeletons, often buried on top of one another.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Plus, small items often fall through the cracks and the wire prevents stacks of clothes from staying neat and organized.—
Brittany VanDerBill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The pedestrian bridge that connects the structure, located down the hill from the town and over a highway, is closed.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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It's reached by car and ferry, and cantilevers slightly over a hill on a sprawling rural site.—
Adam Williams,
New Atlas,
21 Mar. 2025
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This isn’t about a group of people who go up a mountain and get blown off by a storm.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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Fans of the Land of Oz attraction in the North Carolina mountains were distraught over its sudden, announced closing on Friday.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Pyre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pyre. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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