, ˈbe-rē- also ˈbər-\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for burial
Synonyms
burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepulture
Antonyms
disinterment, exhumation, unearthing
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The location was on the edge of an older burial ground belonging to the hill fort that occupied the area between 800 to 1,000 AD. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Scientists try to crack the mysterious case of a medieval skeleton once used as Nazi propaganda," 22 Aug. 2019 Services for Greg are private and burial will be at the convenience of the family. — courant.com, "Gregory M. Ciccaglione," 20 Aug. 2019 The results are still evident in our local burial grounds. — Richard Conniff, National Geographic, "The world before vaccines is a world we can’t afford to forget," 16 Aug. 2019 For decades, Dayton’s Bluff residents have enjoyed a pedestrian trail high atop the limestone and sandstone bluffs that long ago served as an American Indian burial ground. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, "St. Paul’s plan to abandon an Indian Mounds Regional Park trail pits neighbors against tribes," 18 July 2019 Funeral services were conducted Monday (July 1) at St. Elias Church and burial was at Holy Cross Cemetery in Brook Park. — Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, "Parades, fun and fireworks to highlight the Fourth: A Place in the Sun," 2 July 2019 The church also serves as a burial ground for the citizens who died fighting the Italian invasion in the 1930s, along with Haile Selassie and his consort, Empress Menen Asfaw. — Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa, "The British suffragette who was crowned an “honorary” Ethiopian," 25 June 2019 Michigan Flint: State officials are questioning whether crews digging water service lines in the city near an American Indian burial ground found human remains after an inspector found work was being conducted without an archaeologist. — USA TODAY, "Whiskey webs, alien abductions, goldfish invasion: News from around our 50 states," 25 June 2019 Funeral and burial costs are more immediate, and more heartbreaking. — Joni Hess, Vox, "From diagnostics to autopsy to burial, stillbirths are alarmingly expensive in America," 30 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'burial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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