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burial at sea

NOUN
deep-six
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The salvage, however, included the bodies of six Soviet sailors, who were given a formal military burial at sea.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2024

It was environmental concerns that led 73-year-old sailor and community activist John Berol to have a burial at sea on April 1.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

Once that rubble had been given a funeral-like burial at sea, the decision was made to rebuild the famous tower com’era, dov’era: as it was, where it was.

From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019

But how unusual is a burial at sea?

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2016

In the town of Ravenel, ten thousand dreams hovered over the town each night and ten thousand died each morning, their washed-out corpses borne away for burial at sea by the first breeze.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy


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