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: a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
2
: a collection of reference works and files of reference material in a newspaper or news periodical office
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The bodies were eventually transported safely to a private morgue.
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Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Nameless corpses littered the empty streets for hours before the morgue wagons would collect them, on display on unpaved roads as a warning for all to see.
—Joao Silva, New York Times, 27 May 2024
This is followed by a procession with family members present as the body is draped in an American flag and wheeled through the hospital out to a funeral-home vehicle or down to the morgue.
—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
The ministry is still trying to collect information about the remaining victims from morgues and hospitals across the territory.
—Aryeh Neier, The New York Review of Books, 24 May 2024
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Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Nameless corpses littered the empty streets for hours before the morgue wagons would collect them, on display on unpaved roads as a warning for all to see.
—Joao Silva, New York Times, 27 May 2024
This is followed by a procession with family members present as the body is draped in an American flag and wheeled through the hospital out to a funeral-home vehicle or down to the morgue.
—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
The ministry is still trying to collect information about the remaining victims from morgues and hospitals across the territory.
—Aryeh Neier, The New York Review of Books, 24 May 2024
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morgue
noun1
: a place where the bodies of the dead are kept temporarily until they are identified or released for burial
2
: a department of a newspaper where reference material is filed
Medical Definition
morgue
noun
: a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
Legal Definition
morgue
noun
: a place where the bodies of persons found dead are kept until identified and claimed by relatives or released for burial or autopsy
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