burial
noun
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Contemporary Examples of burial
As the burial team arrived to remove the body, he began making small movements and was found to be still alive.
Unfortunately, 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
“At one point they were going to perform a burial ceremony with the ashes,” he says.
This one woman crawled toward the body of her sister as the burial team carried out the body, carried the body bag away.
But the chain of death continued in the family after the burial of their mother.
This Man Lost 35 Relatives to Ebola and His Community Wants Him GoneWade C.L. Williams
October 30, 2014
Historical Examples of burial
No ceremonies I ever beheld impressed and affected me so much as the burial of the little twins at sea.
Five Years in New ZealandRobert B. Booth
Burial became too gigantic a labor, and John and Simon ordered the bodies thrown over the walls to prevent pestilence.
The City of DelightElizabeth Miller
He is amazed at the absurdity of their burial rites, and he astonishes Hermes by quoting Homer on the subject.
Wherefore even the Tyrians, being moved with indignation, were very liberal towards their burial.
Our first impression of Death and Burial is associated with this formless pair.