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burial

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Synonyms and Antonyms of burial

1 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

Synonyms of burial

burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepulture

Words Related to burial

embalmment, funeral

immurement, inurnment

reburial, reinterment

Near Antonyms of burial

Antonyms of burial

disinterment, exhumation, unearthing

2 a final resting place for a dead person

archaeologically significant artifacts, such as stone tools, have been discovered in Neanderthal burials

Synonyms of burial

grave, sepulchre (or sepulcher), sepulture, tomb

Words Related to burial

catacomb, charnel (also charnel house), columbarium, crypt, mausoleum, vault

cemetery, churchyard, graveyard, potter's field

barrow, mound, tumulus

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