SEPULTURES Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

sepultures

noun

plural of sepulture

as in tombs

a final resting place for a dead person opened the sepulture and examined the mummy

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as in burials

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place the final sepulture of the body had to wait until the ground thawed

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Noun

Their findings suggest that these tombs were intended not simply to house the dead but to affect the living through an immersive environment.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
More recently, cosmic rays have helped geologists see hidden chambers of active volcanoes, and archaeologists use them to reveal hidden tombs in ancient Egyptian pyramids.

— Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of tombs

Noun

Surnames like McKenzie, Adams and Scribner make frequent appearances on headstones at the roughly 600-grave cemetery, which is still allows burials of descendants of the town or people who live nearby.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Owing to constant construction noise, daily burials at the cemetery would no longer take place in silence.

— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of burials

Noun

But the situation is far more tragic, with videos on social media showing dozens of coffins lined up beside mass graves, awaiting burial before the bodies decompose in the heat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Authorities in Nepal have been burying bodies in temporary graves until they can be identified.

— Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of graves

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