body bag
noun
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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Images have emerged showing Syrian Civil Defense crews, known as the White Helmets, recovering the remains of those buried in some of the country's mass graves, with some photos showing piles of bones and skulls in body bags.
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Other video showed numerous body bags at the hospital amid grieving relatives.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
In May, protesters held late-night demonstrations outside the private homes of several university regents, placing fake bloody body bags on their lawns and tacking a list of demands to their front doors, according to a statement from university president Santa J. Ono.
—Jake Tapper, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
One rescue worker took a tiny body bag and leaned into the pickup truck for the infant’s body.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Other video showed numerous body bags at the hospital amid grieving relatives.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
In May, protesters held late-night demonstrations outside the private homes of several university regents, placing fake bloody body bags on their lawns and tacking a list of demands to their front doors, according to a statement from university president Santa J. Ono.
—Jake Tapper, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
One rescue worker took a tiny body bag and leaned into the pickup truck for the infant’s body.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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