Buried and Dead

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Buried adjective - Placed in a grave.

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Dead and buried are semantically related In some cases you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Buried".

Nearby Words: bury, burial, burying

Dead adjective - No longer living.

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Buried and dead are semantically related in no longer alive topic. Sometimes you can use "Buried" instead an adjective "Dead".

Nearby Word: deadly

Magica Madoka Veneficus Puella's summary now reads only "This story is dead and buried."

Source: Dead Fic
In the last episode of season 5, Buffy makes a Heroic Sacrifice and is literally dead and buried.

Source: Our Hero Is Dead
Though several characters start out alive and kicking, when in canon they were dead and buried long before the series started, the second major engagement in Unohana's war sees Rukia dead.

Source: Anyone Can Die / Fan Work

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