body bag
noun
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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His mother’s body is on a gurney, zipped up in a black vinyl body bag.
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David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
They’re later seen leaving the resort side by side – in body bags.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
Emergency crews carried black body bags from a burning apartment building as onlookers wept and hugged in the dark.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
On Monday morning, just hours after the attack, dozens gathered to mourn, standing by friends and relatives now wrapped in body bags.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
They’re later seen leaving the resort side by side – in body bags.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
Emergency crews carried black body bags from a burning apartment building as onlookers wept and hugged in the dark.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2025
On Monday morning, just hours after the attack, dozens gathered to mourn, standing by friends and relatives now wrapped in body bags.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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