pyres in English

noun

1

a heap of combustible material, especially one for burning a corpse as part of a funeral ceremony.

We were almost fed up seeing all the corpses and pyres along the bank of the river.

noun

funeral pyre

Use "pyres" in a sentence

1. I saw them burning on the pyres.

2. I saw them burning on the pyres

3. So no more funerals, funeral pyres, crematoriums, or cemeteries!

4. A traditional Indian custom used to involve widows burning themselves alive on their husbands' funeral pyres.

5. The dead have ritually been interred in pyramids, cremated on burning pyres, and sunk beneath the oceans' waves.

6. The 56 pyres lit in Kota over the last five years are a tragic testament to how damaging this conception of academic excellence can be.

7. So, haunted by images of funeral pyres of livestock, how far should we go to support farmers and auxiliary industries?

8. In the ancient breeding grounds that are the richest in the world columns of acrid smoke now rise and flames crackle at the pyres.

9. When the soldiers of the 4th Armored Division entered the camp, they discovered piles of bodies, some covered with lime, and others partially incinerated on pyres.

10. From here, Geralt can either follow the Baron in the side quest Return to Crookback Bog, or continue his search for Ciri in the main quest Pyres of Novigrad

11. In Pictures: Indian man Cremates COVID-19 victims despite stigma Facing infection and stigma, Ramananda Sarkar lights funeral pyres at crematorium in Assam dedicated to the virus dead.

12. ‘It could Conceivably do the same for pictures, but that is a way off.’ ‘The only health hazard from the pyres is the smoke itself, he says, which could Conceivably cause problems for asthmatics.’

13. New Delhi, Mar 12 (PTI) Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Friday inaugurated four pyres of the 'green Crematoria' at the Nigam Bodh Ghat here to reduce high toxic emissions from there

14. The burning pyres were used to cremate the new corpses along with the old ones, which had to be dug up as they had been buried during the first six months of the camp's operation.

15. Harsh Vardhan Inaugurates Four, Pyres Of The Green Crematoria‘Air Pollution Control System For Crematoria’, Developed By CSIR-NEERI At Delhi’s Nigam Bodh Ghat Crematorium Exceedingly high concentration of air emissions with respect to particulate matter, and other harmful gases have been measured in regions around the Crematoria.

16. ‘Who else can Conceivably be held accountable for a decision reached at a meeting chaired by the highest executive authority in the land?’ ‘It could Conceivably do the same for pictures, but that is a way off.’ ‘The only health hazard from the pyres is the smoke itself, he says, which could Conceivably cause problems for asthmatics.’