pyre
/paɪər/
noun
- A heap of wood or other material on which a dead body is burned in a funeral ceremony.
- In some cultures, a funeral pyre is built from sandalwood and spices.
- The smoke from the pyre rose high into the evening sky.
- The ancient warrior's body was placed on a large pyre and set alight.
- A large pile of material that is burned, often as a symbol of protest or destruction.
- The villagers made a pyre of dry branches to celebrate the harvest festival.
- A pyre of tires burned at the edge of the field, sending black smoke into the air.
- Protesters built a pyre of old textbooks to demand education reform.
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