Bury
Bury verb - To place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea.
Drown
Drown verb - To cover with a flood.
Bury and drown are semantically related in make inaudible topic. Sometimes you can use "Bury" instead a verb "Drown".
Nearby Word: drowning
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Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Sasaki, bring him to the beach, and bury him up to his neck where the tide will drown him.
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He talks to Harry almost like he's meeting an old friend he hasn't seen in a while, while arranging to bury him alive and drown him and gloating about how he already murdered his wife.
Source: Faux Affably Evil -
Vaas tries to hunt, burn, drown, and execute/bury Jason, and Jason STILL gets back up.
Source: Why Won't You Die?
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