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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Hundreds of others squared up to police with shields at the town's cenotaph, throwing bricks, cans and pots at officers.
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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
The building features a number of elaborate interior details, including crypts and tombs, cenotaphs, iwans, chhatris, and minarets, as well as sarcophagus elements.
—Kathleen Felton, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024
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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
The building features a number of elaborate interior details, including crypts and tombs, cenotaphs, iwans, chhatris, and minarets, as well as sarcophagus elements.
—Kathleen Felton, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cenotaph
Noun
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After $1 million was dedicated to fund the new memorial, developers put out a call to local, national and international artists to decide the design of the future monument.—
Hailey Roden,
The Enquirer,
14 Aug. 2025
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Some of the most prominent statues include the equestrian memorial in Charlottesville, Virginia, removed in 2021 after violent protests, and the Robert E. Lee Monument in Richmond, Virginia, which was toppled the same year amid racial justice demonstrations.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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Crown Hill Cemetery Walking Tours With 25 miles of roads and more than 225,000 tombstones and monuments, this is an unconventional outdoor museum.—
Samanta Habashy,
IndyStar,
21 Aug. 2025
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Soldiers have been largely stationed in downtown areas, such as monuments on the National Mall and transit stations.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Cenotaph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cenotaph. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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