Burial and Grave

Burial

Burial noun - A final resting place for a dead person.

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

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Synonyms for Burial

Grave and burial are semantically related in disposal topic. In some cases you can use "Grave" instead a noun "Burial", when it comes to topics like sepulchre, sepulcher.

Nearby Word: buried

Grave

Grave noun - A final resting place for a dead person.

Usage example: the forlorn boy put flowers on his mother's grave

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Synonyms for Grave

Antonyms for Grave

Burial and grave are semantically related in disposal topic. You can use "Burial" instead a noun "Grave", if it concerns topics such as sepulchre, sepulcher.

Nearby Words: gravely, gravel, graved, graver, graveled

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How words are described

mass	mass burial	mass grave
proper	proper burial	proper grave
actual	actual burial	actual grave
infamous	infamous burial	infamous grave
Other adjectives: secret, makeshift, titular, alleged.

Both words in one sentence

Insult Backfire: Getting dumped in a mass grave with his black soldiers instead of a proper burial usually given to dead enemy officers was meant to disgrace Shaw.

Source: Film / Glory
Due to the Dead: Sinyail has his Daedroth dig a grave for Maurzol, and Niralie sees to it that the innkeeper's daughter receives a decent burial.

Source: Roleplay / Tamrielic Adventures
He drags the still-living Glass into a grave—for the 'burial'—and then leaves him for dead.

Source: Film / The Revenant

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