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cenotaph

[sen-uh-taf, -tahf] / ˈsɛn əˌtæf, -ˌtɑf /


NOUN
tombstone
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In the square leading to the cenotaph, relatives and friends have written the names and ages of the disaster's 57 victims in red paint.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

She said the "tenor" of the posts was to "encourage members of the public to attend a preorganised protest", and by 18:00 BST about 200 people had gathered around the cenotaph in Hartlepool town centre.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024

The meeting took place late that month in Gwangju, by a gray stone cenotaph near the site of the minibus shooting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2023

“A vast cenotaph of secession” was how the journalist and historian Tony Horwitz described Richmond in his 1998 book, “Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches From the Unfinished Civil War.”

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2022

The present chapter is a cenotaph to the French Encyclop�dists.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver




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