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memorial

Definition

  • noun: something (such as a monument or ceremony) that honors a person who has died or serves as a reminder of an event in which many people died
  • noun: something that keeps remembrance alive
  • adjective: serving to preserve remembrance
  • often + 'to'
  • synonyms: clio, muse of history, account

Examples

  • The new hospital is a fitting 'memorial to' her.

  • a 'memorial' service/monument

  • a 'memorial' scholarship fund

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) of the election that year. No one. , A year later, several extremists are tried, found guilty and executed... ...while a memorial is built to canonize their victims. But the end result, the true genius of the plan, was the fear. Fear became the ultimate tool of this government. (..)
    2005 V for Vendetta