as in memorial
a special structure or statue that is built to remind people of a dead person who is buried somewhere else
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Recent Examples of cenotaph
Her bed has become her grave, a tomb beneath the ceiling of her room,
the ceiling a cenotaph.
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Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Hundreds of others squared up to police with shields at the town's cenotaph, throwing bricks, cans and pots at officers.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Aug. 2024
Middlesbrough also saw around 300 people gathering at the town’s cenotaph.
—Armani Syed/london, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
Hundreds of others squared up to police with shields at the town’s cenotaph, throwing bricks, cans, and pots at officers.
—Pan Pylas, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2024
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Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Hundreds of others squared up to police with shields at the town's cenotaph, throwing bricks, cans and pots at officers.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Aug. 2024
Middlesbrough also saw around 300 people gathering at the town’s cenotaph.
—Armani Syed/london, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
Hundreds of others squared up to police with shields at the town’s cenotaph, throwing bricks, cans, and pots at officers.
—Pan Pylas, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cenotaph
Noun
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During a private memorial, a huge floral tribute on the grounds of the mansion spelled out, 'OZZY F---ING OSBOURNE', on the banks of the Osbournes' lake.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Over $14,000 has been raised towards Jones’ memorial since his mother set up a GoFundMe.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Tzvika Tesler, the chairman of the kibbutz, says his community is now debating whether to tear down the charred and bullet-ridden husks of homes that were attacked or to preserve them like monuments.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
7 Oct. 2025
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Madison himself played a critical role in securing passage in 1776 of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, a monument to civil liberties.—
Donald Nieman,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Cenotaph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cenotaph. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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