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burying

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of burying

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place

  • all the grandchildren attended the burying of their grandfather in his homeland
Synonyms of burying

burial, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepulture
Words Related to burying

embalmment, funeral

immurement, inurnment

reburial, reinterment
Near Antonyms of burying

cremation
Antonyms of burying

disinterment, exhumation, unearthing

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