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View definitions for burying

burying

noun as in burial

noun as in inhumation

noun as in interment

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Anyone who tries to draw attention to threats instead of quietly burying them is worsening the problem.

And now, Sierra Leoneans will face jail time if caught burying Ebola victims.

Not burying these bodies properly, Frieden says, poses even more of a threat to the community.

To his credit, the well-intentioned pup responds to her cries by burying the kid in toys.

The fun part with the dog is, we were burying treats to my left and to my right!

Then, burying his face in the same shawl and shutting his eyes, he descended steadily but swiftly.

He hoped to find a temporary refuge by burying himself among the lonely passes of the Alps.

The advancing sand gradually crept into the hamlet, and in the course of a decade dispossessed the people by burying their houses.

A terrible earthquake happened at Pekin, in China, throwing down houses and burying more than 1,000 inhabitants in the ruins.

Let us join together silently in guarding Maude's good name, and in burying the past.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to burying, such as: funeral, interment, deposition, entombment, inhumation, and sepulture.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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