fiery cross
Americannoun
noun
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a burning cross, used as a symbol by the Ku Klux Klan
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a wooden cross with ends charred or dipped in blood formerly used by Scottish Highlanders to summon the clans to battle
Example Sentences
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Police drone footage showed the cathedral’s roof as a fiery cross illuminating the night sky.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2019
Dier, improbably, had another big chance a couple of moments later when Lingard thrashed another fiery cross into the danger area.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2018
It appeared as a fiery cross in the sky.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2015
The remainder of the handbills were kept at independent headquarters, to be flourished as a fiery cross on election day.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was an ill-fated day for both clans when one morning a stalwart Highlander, flying from glen to glen with the fiery cross waving aloft, brought a missive to the chief of Coila.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Gordon Stables
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