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pyre
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The Infinite Sea
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He carried death inside him in the memories of his mother and the ten-foot pyres and the bones along the road and the conveyor belt carrying hundreds into the furnace of the power plant at camp, the dead burned to light their barracks and heat their water and keep them warm.†
p. 181.6

pyres = piles of wood or other burnable materials
The pyre can be seen for miles, if there are any eyes to see it.†
p. 287.3 *

pyre = a pile of wood or other burnable material
He leans against the open door, facing the night, and the sky above him burns with the cold light of ten thousand pyres marking the time ticking down.†
p. 292.7

pyres = piles of wood or other burnable materials

Definitions:

(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)