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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /
NOUN
burial ground
Synonyms
STRONGEST
garden graveyard mortuary tomb
STRONG
Golgotha catacomb charnel churchyard crypt grave necropolis ossuary sepulcher vault
WEAK
God's acre boot hill charnel house city of the dead eternal home funerary grounds marble town memorial park polyandrium potter's field resting place

Example Sentences

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The parade from Creggan to the city cemetery on Monday was led by 18 people in paramilitary-style uniforms, in direct contravention of a ruling by the Parades Commission.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The cemetery, too, starts to overflow, and so bodies must be burned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"He did not want to leave the town. He stayed, but is now in the cemetery," she told AFP, sobbing in the church hall.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Only one location, the urban cemetery of Ribe, showed a pattern connected to health.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Mrs. Dannenberg’s face softens, losing the grim determination of a business dealing that she had when she believed we were from the cemetery.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse