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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
In both the dinosaur mummy specimens, the skin, spikes, and hooves have not been preserved as tissue but as a sub-millimeter clay film that formed on the carcass surface soon after burial.
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Most of these migrants were fisher-hunter-gatherers and belonged to numerous ethnic groups who left vital evidence of their presence in stones, burial sites, and artifacts.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
After 12-year-old Sammy succumbed to cancer in March 2024, Velasquez noticed that Sacramento has few affordable burial options.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Following the identification of Haimi's remains, Netanyahu's office expressed condolences to his family and reiterated its call for Hamas to release the remains of all deceased hostages for proper burial.
—Greg Wehner , Yael Halon, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Most of these migrants were fisher-hunter-gatherers and belonged to numerous ethnic groups who left vital evidence of their presence in stones, burial sites, and artifacts.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
After 12-year-old Sammy succumbed to cancer in March 2024, Velasquez noticed that Sacramento has few affordable burial options.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Following the identification of Haimi's remains, Netanyahu's office expressed condolences to his family and reiterated its call for Hamas to release the remains of all deceased hostages for proper burial.
—Greg Wehner , Yael Halon, FOXNews.com, 21 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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An extensive list of notable tombs can be found at the Colma Historical Museum on Hillside Boulevard.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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The tomb dates back to the 9th century BCE.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
26 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 pair first sampled spritz cookies from a recipe Grand found on Naomi Odessa Miller Dawson's grave in New York's Greenwood Cemetery.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Now, thanks to screaming — er, streaming — platforms Halloween hits rise from the grave every year.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
27 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
Noun
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National cemeteries will continue burials, and families can still apply for markers, headstones and burial benefits.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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There are at least 150 cemeteries inside the park, according to the book Cemeteries of the Smokies.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 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 30 Oct. 2025.
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