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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In May, protesters held late-night demonstrations outside the private homes of several university regents, placing fake bloody body bags on their lawns and tacking a list of demands to their front doors, according to a statement from university president Santa J. Ono.
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Jake Tapper, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
One rescue worker took a tiny body bag and leaned into the pickup truck for the infant’s body.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Five minutes in a full body bag can lower core body temperature by as much as 1 degree Fahrenheit.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2024
Amid the growing casualties, the Kremlin has distributed a manual to soldiers on how to dig and maintain mass graves, filled with diagrams showing mass graves with body bags piled on top of one another, The Daily Telegraph reported.
—Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Jake Tapper, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
One rescue worker took a tiny body bag and leaned into the pickup truck for the infant’s body.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
Five minutes in a full body bag can lower core body temperature by as much as 1 degree Fahrenheit.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2024
Amid the growing casualties, the Kremlin has distributed a manual to soldiers on how to dig and maintain mass graves, filled with diagrams showing mass graves with body bags piled on top of one another, The Daily Telegraph reported.
—Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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