Burial and Pit

Burial

Burial noun - The act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place.

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Pit and burial are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pit" instead a noun "Burial".

Nearby Word: buried

Pit noun - A sunken area forming a separate space.

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Burial and pit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burial" instead a noun "Pit".

full	full burial	full pit
similar	similar burial	similar pit
actual	actual burial	actual pit
infamous	infamous burial	infamous pit
Other adjectives: makeshift, next, several.

Saveloy is to be buried include a longship set on fire, a big pit atop the bodies of his enemies, a burial mound, and a longship set on fire on top of the bodies of his enemies under a burial mound.

Source: Discworld / Interesting Times
After all three of them are killed in the melee that follows, Peter orders that the latter two be thrown in a pit, but that Nikabrik's body be given to his own people for burial rites.

Source: Due to the Dead
At the end of the first Jihad, Skantarios tallies up the thousands of fallen Jihad warriors in the burial pit outside the city.

Source: Fanfic / I Am Skantarios

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