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Definition of pyre
: a combustible heap for burning a dead body as a funeral rite; broadly : a pile of material to be burned a pyre of dead leaves
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Recent Examples of pyre from the Web
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This kind of widowhood wasn’t that different from throwing herself on her husband’s funeral pyre.
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One crew hauled stretchers filled with corpses up the ramp, and another crew pushed the bodies onto the pyre.
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With the funeral pyres of the House Republicans’ recent failure to repeal Obamacare still smoking, President Trump and his cohorts will now try to wage the first major revision of the tax code in more than three decades.
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With the funeral pyres of the House Republicans’ recent failure to repeal Obamacare still smoking, President Trump and his cohorts will now try to wage the first major revision of the tax code in more than three decades.
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HYDERABAD, India — Just after 2 p.m. Indian Standard Time on Tuesday, the body of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an Indian immigrant fatally shot in a bar outside Kansas City, Kan., was placed on a pyre made of logs.
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During Holika Dahan, people burn pyres to symbolize the triumph of good over evil.
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The shots of Darth Vader’s funeral pyre were shot last minute, long after the end of initial filming, and close to Lucas’ home Skywalker Ranch.
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Origin and Etymology of pyre
Latin pyra, from Greek, from pyr fire — more at fire
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playDefinition of pyre for English Language Learners
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: a pile of wood for burning a dead body
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