body bag
noun
: a large zippered bag (as of rubber or vinyl) in which a human corpse is placed especially for transportation
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Many were in body bags, some wrapped in sheets and duct tape.
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Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Is piling up the other side’s body bags the best way forward?
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Names were written on body bags lined up at the foot of a wall.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
An Iranian amateur boxer was shot and killed by Iranian security forces during ongoing anti-regime protests near Tehran, and his father spent a week searching before identifying his body in a black body bag.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Is piling up the other side’s body bags the best way forward?
—Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Names were written on body bags lined up at the foot of a wall.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
An Iranian amateur boxer was shot and killed by Iranian security forces during ongoing anti-regime protests near Tehran, and his father spent a week searching before identifying his body in a black body bag.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Body bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20bag. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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