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Examples of burial in a Sentence
They prepared the body for burial.
She wanted to give him a proper burial.
Did you attend the burial?
The law prohibits the burial of toxic substances without special permits.
Recent Examples of burial from the Web
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After the bodies of her parents had been retrieved to be prepared for burial, Tahera said her mother had three bullet wounds and bruises on her face.
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ordered that U.S. and state flags be lowered to half-staff until Doyon's memorial or burial service.
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A mass burial for some of the more than 300 casualties is taking place on Thursday afternoon, Freetown mayor Sam Gibson said in a broadcast on Radio Democracy.
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About 40 people attended a funeral service and burial for Baby Hope in September.
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At Wired UK, Hayley Campbell explores this process of water cremation, which a growing number of advocates is calling a cleaner, more efficient, and ultimately less expensive alternative to burial and traditional cremation.
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Many bodies were in a horrible state, missing arms, heads or legs, Deveaux said, adding that proper burials will be vital in keeping disease at bay.
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What looks like arid scrubland contains countless Indian burial grounds and other sites sacred to the tribes who lived here: the Nez Perce, the Umatilla, and the Yakama.
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Beginning in the 1890s, postmortem photography turned toward burial.
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Origin and Etymology of burial
Middle English beriel, berial, back-formation from beriels (taken as a plural), from Old English byrgels; akin to Old Saxon burgisli tomb, Old English byrgan to bury — more at bury
burial Synonyms
Synonyms
burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepultureAntonyms
disinterment, exhumation, unearthingRelated Words
embalmment, funeral; immurement, inurnment; reburial, reintermentNear Antonyms
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