Bury and Digging

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Bury verb - To place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea.

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Digging is an antonym for bury.

Nearby Words: buried, burying

Digging noun - The act of digging.

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Bury is an antonym for digging in delve into topic.

Nearby Words: dig, digger, digged

Hope Spot: For Moira, when Larry discovers her bones while digging a hole to bury Hayden in.

Source: Series / American Horror Story: Murder House
In the episode "Revelations", the killer forced Reid to start digging his own grave so he could bury him alive.

Source: Buried Alive
This is not helped when Pluto believes that Minnie is trying to poison him when she attempts to feed him and later assumes she intends to bury him alive when she starts digging a hole for a plant.

Source: Western Animation / House of Mouse

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