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Recent Examples of charnel
Out of this charnel house where an American flag hung at one end, technicians hoped to identify 388 sailors and Marines from the Oklahoma.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Kfar Aza, a kibbutz close to the separation barrier with Gaza, was burned nearly to the ground: a charnel house.
—Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 28 Oct. 2023
Kfar Aza, a kibbutz close to the separation barrier with Gaza, has been burned to the ground, a charnel house of mangled corpses.
—Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023
The senseless charnel houses of Verdun and the Somme found their match in Bakhmut.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Kfar Aza, a kibbutz close to the separation barrier with Gaza, was burned nearly to the ground: a charnel house.
—Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 28 Oct. 2023
Kfar Aza, a kibbutz close to the separation barrier with Gaza, has been burned to the ground, a charnel house of mangled corpses.
—Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023
The senseless charnel houses of Verdun and the Somme found their match in Bakhmut.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for charnel
Noun
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The following morning, a small group of us woke up early to explore the sandstone cliffs before being joined by the larger group to peek into tombs cut into the rock.—
Matt Dutile,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2025
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As was customary, pilgrims who returned after visiting St. James’ tomb adopted an emblem.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2025
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Nicholas Santiago’s projections give eerie embellishment to Stephanie Kerley Schwartz’s scenic design, so that the basic outline of Inverness Castle suggests at moments Dracula’s Transylvanian crypt.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Centuries ago, in a cathedral in Poland, high-ranking archbishops were laid to rest in elaborate crypts.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2024
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Spaces that formerly constituted the theater foyer and underground vault rooms were transformed into an expansive showroom spanning over three floors out of the total seven.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
25 Feb. 2025
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Sullivan graduates with school records in all-around and uneven bars, while Phillip holds the records on floor and vault.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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The Enclave, Buick’s large, three-row crossover, has been redesigned for 2018, allowing the automaker to finally place its predecessor in a sepulchre and seal the entrance.—
Al Haas,
Philly.com,
28 June 2018
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The Garden Tomb, is believed by many to be the garden and sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea, and therefore a possible site of the resurrection of Jesus.—
Joe Yudin,
Town & Country,
5 Oct. 2016
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But faithful members like Ivar and Sam can’t seem to let the coffin thing go.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
13 Feb. 2025
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When our gang hits the roundtable, Ciara wastes no time kicking things off by pushing back on the coffin theory.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2025
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The theater chain has revealed a Nosferatu popcorn sarcophagus (below) for the upcoming Robert Eggers horror film.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Nov. 2024
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In 1924: King Tut’s sarcophagus was uncovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter and his crew.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Charnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charnel. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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