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body bag
noun
- a large bag made of heavy material and used to transport a dead body, as from a battlefield to a place of burial or from the scene of a death to a city morgue.
body bag
noun
- military a large heavy-duty plastic bag used to contain and transport human remains, esp those of battle casualties
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The same children were also later photographed in body bags at the nearby European Gaza hospital.
From BBC
Minutes later more remains were recovered from the rubble and carried away in a black body bag.
From BBC
One rescue worker took a tiny body bag and leaned into the pickup truck for the infant’s body.
From Los Angeles Times
We all saw ... the stacks of body bags in New York City.”
From Los Angeles Times
Israeli civilians killed by Hamas were being carried out in body bags from the ruins of their homes.
From BBC
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