Burn
Burn verb - To be on fire especially brightly.
Tomb
Tomb verb - To place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea.
Usage example: Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity
Both words in one sentence
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Burn the Undead: In "The Ghost of Philinnion", the citizens of Amphipolis resolve to burn the body of Philinnion, a young woman who has left her tomb to consort with a young man, to prevent her from coming to life again.
Source: Older Than Feudalism -
Nobody points out that he'd first had his servant drag a body that was already in the tomb from its rightful resting place, burn it in the stove piece by piece, and then throw the ashes out with the trash.
Source: Moral Myopia -
Cyclonic torpedoes are the most popular method for delivering an Exterminatus that burn away oceans, atmosphere, and anything alive (and an advanced two-stage version that kills the actual planet - useful for destroying Necron Tomb Worlds).
Source: Fantastic Nuke
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