Body Bag (Noun)
Meaning
A bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The medic carefully placed the fallen soldier's lifeless form into a body bag to be taken back to base.
- After the firefight had ceased the soldiers began the somber task of filling body bags.
- A lone medic stood out in the field, alone with a body bag that contained what was left of their fallen comrade.
- They exchanged a solemn look before slowly zipping the body bag shut over the face of the last casualty.
- The empty body bags arrived with a large medical convoy in preparation for the assault against heavily fortified enemy lines.