Pyre Synonyms

pīr
Wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fuel
  2. funeral-pyre
  3. pile to be burned
  4. bonfire
  5. combustible material
  6. heap
  7. suttee

Pyre Sentence Examples

  • Then the pyre was built and the body laid upon it.

  • A pyre had been built in the middle of the cobblestone courtyard to burn the bodies of the demons before nightfall, when they.d come back alive.

  • Her body wouldn't be placed in a funeral pyre or surrounded by family and friends who bore her gifts one last time.

  • The fire of the funeral pyre is lit by the eldest son.

  • Snow fell from the sky to be either burned by the pyre or to cover the red mess that was the rest of the park.

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