Bury and Drown

Bury

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

Drown and bury are semantically related In some cases you can use "Drown" instead a verb "Bury".

Nearby Words: buried, burying

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

Common collocations

person bury person drown person
girl bury girl drown girl
man bury man drown man
body bury body drown body
Other words: someone, time, world, mother, memory, child, brother, anyone, town, son, daughter, women, victims, enemies, memories.

Both words in one sentence

  • Manga / Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin Sasaki, bring him to the beach, and bury him up to his neck where the tide will drown him.
  • Faux Affably Evil 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.
  • Why Won't You Die? Vaas tries to hunt, burn, drown, and execute/bury Jason, and Jason STILL gets back up.
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