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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


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Graveyards and cemeteries regularly run out of burial space across the UK, and the problem is especially acute in London.

From BBC

The real death toll is believed to be much higher, and military experts we have consulted believe our analysis of cemeteries, war memorials and obituaries might represent 45-65% of the total.

From BBC

The mayor's office earlier said the film-star-turned-animal-rights-activist, who died aged 91 on Sunday, would be laid to rest in the town's seaside cemetery.

From Barron's

His first major discovery was of a grand Roman villa estate near Northampton, and that was followed by an Anglo-Saxon cemetery.

From BBC

Even now, the block is a ghostly landscape of vacant properties in neat rows, like plots in a cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times