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Constructed A Pyre Crossword Clue

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noun

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)

• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

• battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta

• a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

• the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

• a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy

verb

• arrange in stacks

• press tightly together or cram

• place or lay as if in a pile

37%4 Apt rhyme for "pyre"
noun

• the event of something burning (often destructive)

• the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

• the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

• a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile

• feelings of great warmth and intensity

• fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking

• a severe trial

• intense adverse criticism

verb

• start firing a weapon

• cause to go off

• bake in a kiln so as to harden

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• go off or discharge

• drive out or away by or as if by fire

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• destroy by fire

• provide with fuel

• generate an electrical impulse

• become ignited

• start or maintain a fire in

28%8 Blazing pyre
noun

• a large outdoor fire that is lighted as a signal or in celebration

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