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(noun) a building or chamber in which bodies or bones are deposited

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charnel



on medieval graveyards and charnel houses

—p.84 De Mortuis (78) by George Steiner
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on medieval graveyards and charnel houses

—p.84 De Mortuis (78) by George Steiner
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among the abattoirs and charnel houses from which scientist Victor Frankenstein scavenges body parts

—p.116 Monsters vs. Empire (114) by Mark Bould
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But as a matter of fact there was still the exploding lamp, the mother in her charnel wrappings, the staunch, bereft child.

—p.114 Family Furnishings (87) by Alice Munro
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surely none of them would have constructed a charnel house as murderous as Stalin’s.

—p.xiii Foreword (vii) by Adam Hochschild
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the internet's constantly churning charnel house of pointless provocation

—p.60 The Opinionator (48) by Jason Linkins
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6 years, 11 months ago


Fort Doom was a charnel house.

—p.298 The Masque of the Red Death (245) by Cory Doctorow
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this charnel ground we were born into

—p.124 by Diane di Prima
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He confesses, "I collected bones from charnel houses [...]"

I feel like I see this word everywhere. Can't believe I didn't know it before

—p.44 Ice (37) by Rebecca Solnit
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Only the obtusely self-deluded, confronted with the charnel house of history, could imagine otherwise.

—p.54 The problem of meaning (33) by Terry Eagleton
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a grave robber, weary, exhausted, reaching down into some charnel mass

—p.164 The Fifth Wall (134) by Malinda McCollum
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the charnel house of Santa Teresa is linked to the corruption and decadence of twentieth century European history and culture.

—p.xxii Introduction (ix) by Roberto Bolaño
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People had once been buried in charnel houses or tombs where all bones were mixed together; now everyone had "his or her own little box for his or her own little personal decay"

—p.189 The other city (183) by Jordan Kisner
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all morbid “advertisements for myself” in the charnel house of Southern consumerism.

—p.182 On Walter Johnson (179) by Gabriel Winant
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