tower of silence

[ tou-er ]

/ ˈtaʊ ər /

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noun

a circular stone platform, typically 30 feet (9.1 meters) in height, on which the Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures.

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Also called dakhma.

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They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
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If so, he has his silence -- on top of poor judgment -- to blame.
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Jay is hard to empathize with and his silence suggests that, yeah, something is up.
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“Do not use complaints, courts and lawyers to beat and to silence the enemy,” the NOA activists wrote.
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The hum of earnest or glad voices here contrasted strongly with silence and meditation there.
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Janet's silence impressed Hilda: it was not merely strange--it was formidable: it affected the whole day.
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When he had finished, she took them from his hand, and turning them round in agitated silence, examined their seals and writing.
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Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
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There was a deep silence throughout the whole bivouac; some were sleeping, and those who watched were in no humour for idle chat.
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