Boneyard
Boneyard noun - A piece of land used for burying the dead.
Usage example: a once-notorious gunslinger who now lies in the forlorn boneyard of an Old West ghost town
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Synonyms for Boneyard
Vault and boneyard are semantically related. in burial ground topic. In some cases you can use "Vault" instead a noun "Boneyard".
Vault
Vault noun - An underground burial chamber.
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- Survivors venture out of the Vault-Tec demonstration Vault under Los Angeles, naming their new settlement the Boneyard after the steel "skeletons" of the L.A.
- The Master conquers the Boneyard vault and moves his base of operations there. (Fallout)
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