Antonyms for burial
ˈbɛr i əlburi·al

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1. burial

   Antonyms:
   exhumation, disinterment

   Synonyms:
   interment, sepulture, inhumation, entombment

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1. burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulturenoun

   the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

   Synonyms:
   burial chamber, sepulture, entombment, sepulcher, sepulchre, interment, burying, inhumation

2. burying, burialnoun

   concealing something under the ground

   Synonyms:
   interment, burying, inhumation, entombment, sepulture

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1. burialnoun

   Antonyms:
   disinterment, exhumation

   Synonyms:
   interment, inhumation, sepulture, entombment

How to use burial in a sentence?

1. Chris Stantis:

   The most elite had equids of some sort (potentially donkeys) buried outside the tombs, often in pairs as though ready to pull a chariot. This is both a foreign characteristic of burial style, but also suggestive of someone [with] very high status.

2. Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews:

   It quickly became apparent that the large hexagonal bottle was stuffed full with cremated bone, suddenly, that explained everything. We were looking at a wealthy burial.

3. Alfred Hawkins:

   This burial was located beneath a mortar surface which was related to a building constructed before 1681, so we know the dog died before the construction of this building.

4. Tolbert Nyensuwah:

   Cultural practices are still being done in Grand Cape Mount -- for example, burial preparation and bathing of dead bodies before burial, we have observed ... complacency and a high level of disregard of preventive measures that are laid down by the Ministry of Health.

5. Nadia Milleron:

   By the time the burial took place I was just wiped out; I was just glad they were doing it. I was tired of it not being done, but a lot of people didn't feel like that. They hadn't been aware of what was happening.

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