Definition of PYRE

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Most supernovas are far away and don’t call attention to themselves until their funeral pyre explosions are well underway. — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, "He Took a Picture of a Supernova While Setting Up His New Camera," 21 Feb. 2018 In the piece, the president, who’s standing on a burning pyre, is holding a Bald Eagle and a minigun and an American flag is behind him. — Don Reisinger, Fortune, "Donald Trump Jr.'s Instagram Features the President in Surreal Fourth of July-Themed Posts," 5 July 2018 Open pyres burn along the waterside, their bright flames dancing in the air with all the drama of a scene from Game of Thrones. — Skye Mcalpine, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Ultimate Culinary Tour of India," 12 June 2018 After all, this is a culture where male children are desired above all else — to light the Hindu funeral pyre, inherit property, care for aging parents. — Simon Denyer, Washington Post, "TOO MANY MEN," 18 Apr. 2018 Kratos and his son, Atreus, are out in the woods, chopping down a tree to be used for a funeral pyre for their dead wife and mother. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, "God of War review: an incredible reimagining of a PlayStation icon," 12 Apr. 2018 Art Is Now More Permanent Than Perishable The robots, monsters and other harum-scarum works of art at Burning Man aren’t all destined for a pyre at the annual conclave in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. — Brenda Cronin, WSJ, "Met Museum Brings Some Versailles to New York," 31 Mar. 2018 Girl falls into despair — or the nearest funeral pyre. — Maya Phillips, New York Times, "Review: A Bad Romance with Operatic Overtones in ‘Dido of Idaho’," 29 Mar. 2018 When the procession finally encircles a flaming pyre on the outskirts of the village, the parade suddenly stops. — Eliot Stein, Condé Nast Traveler, "A Pagan Exorcism in Sardinia," 29 Mar. 2018

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