as in deadly
of, relating to, or suggestive of death
the huge department store's mortuary atmosphere in its sad, last weeks of operation
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Recent Examples of mortuary
The mortuary temples are important historical documents, providing information about the reigns of the pharaohs who built them.
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Bob Brier, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2022
Cole said her daughter hoped to attend Florida State University and study mortuary science.
—Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
He is shown defeating Nubian and Asiatic foes—events echoed in the mortuary temple’s decorations.
—Bob Brier, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2022
Nearby, Hatshepsut built a shrine to the goddess in her mortuary temple featuring four capital columns with the goddess' human face.
—Lola Méndez, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
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Bob Brier, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2022
Cole said her daughter hoped to attend Florida State University and study mortuary science.
—Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
He is shown defeating Nubian and Asiatic foes—events echoed in the mortuary temple’s decorations.
—Bob Brier, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2022
Nearby, Hatshepsut built a shrine to the goddess in her mortuary temple featuring four capital columns with the goddess' human face.
—Lola Méndez, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortuary
Adjective
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However, fewer than five minutes into Casten’s address, a protester with a megaphone stood up and shouted frustrations about U.S. military assistance to Israel in its deadly attacks on Gaza residents during their war with Hamas.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2025
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However, the Trump administration is still optimistic about its efforts to end the deadly conflict.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The two argued, the cellmate said, and when Williams woke up in the morning, Yarborough was dead.—
Gina Barton,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Soon dead bodies start piling up and fingers start getting pointed in all directions, most often landing on Jason as the killer.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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The comic edge of Bochner’s work partly derives from this downward pull of bodily functions and mortal flesh.—
Jeffrey Weiss,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Blackwood pulled: Turns out Mackenzie Blackwood is mortal after all.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Researchers around the world will waste hours on the Internet hunting around for the best spectral measurements, says Evgeny Stambulchik, a physicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
26 Mar. 2025
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Unofficially, the headliner that night was Sematary, who at the time was 23, and whose role as leader of the young, spectral, and heavily referential rap collective had recently come into question.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Mortuary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortuary. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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