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obelisk

noun as in stone pillar

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The world of speakers is packed with obelisks, ovals, and what can sometimes feel like obstacles.

When they touched the obelisk, they became the largest family to have ever hiked the trail.

On Sunday night, the monument’s exterior lighting did not go on, and it almost may have seemed that the great obelisk and famed symbol of Washington was fading away.

As she draws closer to the shoreline she is startled by the sight of a stone obelisk rising above a promontory near the center of the island.

The Hunter can see a few obelisks dotting the surrounding hills, highlighted in a red haze, with her spirit vision activated.

After years of negotiations and a tough journey, the obelisk was planted at the Place de la Concorde.

On the top of the obelisk is a 100-ounce aluminum cap, which acts as a lightning rod.

A tasteful obelisk 100 feet high is raised to his memory in his native Eskdale, Scotland.

At the entrance stands an obelisk fifty feet high, and on it are inscribed the names of his victims.

The obelisk in the square of St. Peter's at Rome is erected in a way which offends against all the principles of statics.

In less than a quarter of an hour, her masts and sails formed only a white obelisk, gradually decreasing against the horizon.

Constantius visits Rome; he presents an obelisk from Egypt to the city.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to obelisk, such as: column, dagger, mark, monolith, monument, and needle.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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