embalming fluid
Example Sentences
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Blood is removed and embalming fluid - containing the disinfectant formaldehyde - is pumped around the body.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023
A 10-acre conventional cemetery can contain 20,000 tons of concrete from vaults and enough embalming fluid to fill a swimming pool, turning the land into a landfill underground.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021
It is worth noting that embalming fluid is NOT poisonous.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2020
Freezine contained formaldehyde, an ingredient in embalming fluid, that was toxic and commonly mixed with rancid milk.
From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2018
A technical mistake: pumped her too full of formaldehyde or embalming fluid or whatever they used.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
