Bury
Bury verb - To place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea.
Pack
Pack verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Yank the Dog's Chain: One of the resistance members finally manages to get past the fence, despite both attempts at bombing it foiled, and as he collapses exhausted with his dead friend, who he wants to bury, he is ambushed and devoured by a pack of Aberrations.
Source: Series / Wayward Pines -
Sealed Evil in a Six Pack: Because after his time in the Labyrinth Carlos cannot be killed by staking or burning, the protagonists decide to cut his head and limbs and bury the pieces as far away from each other as they can.
Source: Series / From Dusk Till Dawn - The second edition's Splat Book for wizards suggested the use of a Magic Missile spell on a cliff face to bury a pack of wolves rather than plinking a single puppy.
Source: Tutorial Failure
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