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as in funeral
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
the children wanted to give the dead bird a proper burial in the backyard
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as in tomb
a final resting place for a dead person
archaeologically significant artifacts, such as stone tools, have been discovered in Neanderthal burials
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Recent Examples of burial
The health ministry official told CNN that some of the remains appeared to have been exhumed after burial.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The Grabber is defeated through the proper burial of bones.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Wood burial, also called wood vaulting or biomass burial, could potentially store more than 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide every year and decrease global warming by more than a third of a degree Celsius (more than half a degree Fahrenheit), according to a recent study in .
—Syris Valentine, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
This plea cannot overshadow the systemic failures that enabled this abuse, nor the ongoing failure of the Sheriff's Department to bring this child home for a proper burial.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
The Grabber is defeated through the proper burial of bones.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Wood burial, also called wood vaulting or biomass burial, could potentially store more than 12 billion tons of carbon dioxide every year and decrease global warming by more than a third of a degree Celsius (more than half a degree Fahrenheit), according to a recent study in .
—Syris Valentine, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
This plea cannot overshadow the systemic failures that enabled this abuse, nor the ongoing failure of the Sheriff's Department to bring this child home for a proper burial.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burial
Noun
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Following a funeral in Odinga’s home region, tensions will run high, and four were indeed killed last week in Nairobi after security forces fired shots and teargas to disperse crowds mourning Odinga.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Jasmine Beverley held a funeral service for her son, Sunny Beverley-Conlin, in the city of Hull in England in June 2022 after giving birth prematurely that May, according to the BBC.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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With 2,000-year-old ancient Roman roads and Etruscan tombs, grand villas, papal palaces, charming medieval towns, rolling countryside, and unforgettable food and wine, Lazio has something for every traveler.—
Fulvio De Bonis,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
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Khentika's tomb is a mastaba, one of the few in Egypt to have a curse inscribed on its facade.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Mike wheeled off, doubtless to avoid discussing the interment provision.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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Once the coffin was brought into the chapel with an honor guard, the archbishop blessed their remains, and each pallbearer was given a box to carry to the burial vault for interment.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The series also links Gein — who confessed to killing two women, robbing countless graves and making items of the body parts of his victims — to both the sensation about true crime stories and to many horror films that featured over-the-top killers.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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While questions remain, the pilgrimages to Morrison’s grave continue.—
David Kushner,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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And so, with no water left at the surface, major subduction zones would grind to a halt, preventing the entombment of carbon dioxide.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The most popular ghost story of this cemetery is that of Rufina Cambaceres, a 19-year-old girl who was laid to rest in 1902 in an impressive art nouveau mausoleum.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Both sites feature royal cemetery grounds and are located near the ancient city of Memphis in present-day Egypt.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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The few mourners walked away beneath the crooked, treeless oaks and hickories of the Westminster Presbyterian burying ground.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Researchers say the burying of the hoard is not a mystery, but why the community never came back for their treasured items is another thing entirely.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Burial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burial. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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