Citations:rest in pieces


 * based on rest in peace (compare another modification, rest in power)
 * said when someone has died, or the speaker wishes for them to die, by violence or dismemberment


 * 2005, "Rest in Pieces": Nigeria : Police Torture and Deaths in Custody in Nigeria, Human Rights Watch, page 22:
 * Three policemen who were outside shouted: “rest in pieces,” and “muscle up” – a euphemism for “he is dead and gone”. [...] Also, one time last year my cousin [...] was taken to FESTAC police station. He called me to come and bail him.
 * 2011, Fatma Durmush, Mevla, Chipmunkapublishing ltd (ISBN 9781847478009), page 89:
 * May you rest in pieces! I&#39;m going to kill you one of these days. That&#39;s what you think. I am brighter, better and I have more men than you. All that you&#39;ve touched have died. So let&#39;s go to bed my love. You talking to me? No to my baby, ...
 * 2018, Gena Showalter, The Darkest Warrior, HQN Books (ISBN 9781488029325)
 * Puck twisted the blades and said, “May you rest in pieces.” The king gaped, wheezing a final breath before going silent, his head lolling forward. Puck yanked the swords free, and the body collapsed on the ground, flinging sand.


 * 2010, Edward Roske, Tracy McMullen, Look Smarter Than You Are with Hyperion Planning: an Administrator's Guide, Lulu.com (ISBN 9780557409815), page 422:
 * Because both variables are the same, we will refer to it generically as “arborpath” (we love you Arbor Software, may you rest in pieces). • arborpath\bin stores Essbase executables, the Essbase.cfg configuration file, the Essbase.sec ...