EFFIGY Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

effigy

noun

Definition of effigy next

as in portrait

a depiction of a person

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Recent Examples on the Web Following social media posts and news reports filled with images of burning flags and an effigy of Netanyahu in the nation’s capital, Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah questioned Harris’s strategy for denouncing protesters. —

Gary Collins, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024 In 1917, members of Paul’s National Woman’s Party picketed the White House carrying signs challenging Wilson; others burned Wilson’s effigy in nearby Lafayette Park. —

Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020 McKeough added that the size and weight of the Vanuatu effigies posed the greatest logistical challenge the FBI’s crime team has ever faced. —

George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024 In Columbus Circle, demonstrators took down American flags and set one ablaze, along with an effigy of Netanyahu. —

Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for effigy

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