All 4 Uses
pyre
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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- I had no desire to see the faces of the vampires they had executed, half afraid that I might recognize someone in the smoldering pyres.†
Book 1 *pyres = piles of wood or other burnable materials
- Edward was leaning across the operating table that had been my pyre, his hand reached out toward me, his expression anxious.†
Book 3pyre = a pile of wood or other burnable material
- I was so maddened I could have danced around the pyre where they roasted alive; I would have laughed while their ashes smoldered.†
Book 3
- Caius stood alone beside the blazing remains of Irina, the metal object in his hand still throwing a thick jet of flame into the pyre.†
Book 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(pyre) a pile of wood or other burnable material -- especially to burn a dead body as in a funeral rite
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)