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Topic: DEATH

remains

 noun
     
re‧mains W3 [plural]
1 the parts of something that are left after the rest has been destroyed or has disappeared
remains of
On the table were the remains of the evening meal.
extensive Roman remains (=of ancient buildings) at Arles
2MX the body of someone who has died:
Her remains are buried in Westminster.
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