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bury

[ber-ee] / ˈbɛr i /


VERB
plant in ground
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“He could have been buried by a collapsing house.”

From Literature

When she was alone, Sadako buried her face in the pillow and cried for a long time.

From Literature

"When we buried him in Slovyansk, land was being liberated and we thought the war would soon end," Natalia explains, after the reburial ceremony conducted with military honours.

From BBC

When I finished one piece, I buried it and waited for Adek to give me a signal.

From Literature

It took rescuers 17 days to make contact with the buried men, and when they did everyone expected to find a grisly scene of madness and death.

From The Wall Street Journal