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Pyre

/pˈaɪər/
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(noun) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.

The pyre burns the dead, but anxiety burns the living.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The body was placed on a wooden ____ and cremated according to the traditional religious ceremony.

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