body bag
noun
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images But the video the screenshot was taken from was of humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Reuters said.
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 23 May 2025
Rescue teams brought bodies out of the water in blue body bags.
—Arkansas Online, 10 June 2025
Paramedics loaded a small body bag into the vehicle.
—Melissa Cook, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Rights group Amnesty International spoke to three residents, who said there was a rising need for body bags, torches, and mosquito repellant coils.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
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/ Cbs News, CBS News, 23 May 2025
Rescue teams brought bodies out of the water in blue body bags.
—Arkansas Online, 10 June 2025
Paramedics loaded a small body bag into the vehicle.
—Melissa Cook, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Rights group Amnesty International spoke to three residents, who said there was a rising need for body bags, torches, and mosquito repellant coils.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for body bag
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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