burial
Origin of burial
1Other words from burial
- re·bur·i·al, noun
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How to use burial in a sentence
It was a traditional burial—the kind that the government is now battling—that led to the first outbreak.
Jail Threats for Sierra Leone Ebola Victims’ Families | Abby Haglage | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs the burial team arrived to remove the body, he began making small movements and was found to be still alive.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUnfortunately, neither of our teams had pinpointed the pig's burial site.
Knowing Where the Bodies Are Buried: An Excerpt From 'Lives in Ruins' | Marilyn Johnson | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“At one point they were going to perform a burial ceremony with the ashes,” he says.
"Cremation is not necessary to have safe and dignified burial," Tarik Jasarevic tells me.
Before the breath could have been well out of his body, they hoisted him up and carried him away to burial.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneAn undertaker waited on a gentleman, with the bill for the burial of his wife, amounting to 67l.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousWhen all these ceremonies were finished, they carried him for burial to an isolated island, far from the mainland.
They attend to the burial of the poor, and of the bones of those who are hanged, which duty they see to once each year.
The burial of 3,000 Turks by armistice at Anzac seems to have been carried out without a hitch.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for burial
/ (ˈbɛrɪəl) /
the act of burying, esp the interment of a dead body
Origin of burial
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