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
Which only means that now, as always, Whigs and Radicals were at odds; and the "unauthorized programme" of the day was sending its fiery cross through the towns and the industrial districts of the north.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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