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noun
A funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed atop a mountain or other outdoor structure to decompose or be eaten by scavenging animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: wind burial
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: excarnation
noun
a traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: funeral
History
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