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Meanings of pyre in English
Usage of pyre in English
1
His family were unable to place his remains on a funeral pyre.
2
This is the sixth day since; the funeral pyre is yet warm.
3
Again the bearers approached and laid the corpse upon the flaming pyre.
4
But the bodies still had to be carried to the funeral pyre.
5
The burning of hunger is quenched at last on the funeral pyre.
6
As was the custom, the pyre was lit late in the day.
7
She was burning up long before we put her on the pyre.
8
Skylan went down into the sand on his knees beside the pyre.
9
The queen, too, ran quickly and threw herself on the pyre also.
10
When he was gone all eyes were fixed on the kindling pyre.
11
And his World Cup Diary has only added fuel to the pyre.
12
His wife would often also go on the funeral pyre with him.
13
Needles lit the pyre with his Zippo, and it went up fast.
14
He lit it at the brazier, then cast it onto the pyre.
15
That which was destroyed upon the pyre at Worldsend was a counterfeit.
16
I ran to the fireplace and removed the baby from the pyre.
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Pyre through the time
Pyre across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common