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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bury |
| Synonyms: | embalm, ensepulcher, enshrine, hold last rites for, hold services for, inhume, inter, inurn, lay to rest, put six feet under, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb |
| Main Entry: | inter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bury |
| Synonyms: | cover up, entomb, inhume, inurn, lay to rest, plant, put away, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb |
| Notes: | to exter is to dig out of the earth, the opposite of inter |
| Antonyms: | dig up, exhume |
| Main Entry: | lay to rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to an end |
| Synonyms: | annul, bring to a close, bury, cancel, entomb, hold a funeral, inter, invalidate, lay in the grave, negate, nullify, put an end to, put six feet under, put to rest, revoke, undo, void |
| Main Entry: | immure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confine |
| Synonyms: | cloister, coop, entomb, imprison, incarcerate, jail, seclude, wall |
| Main Entry: | sepulcher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grave |
| Synonyms: | burial, catacomb, crypt, entomb, necropolis, repository, tomb, vault |
| Main Entry: | inhume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bury |
| Synonyms: | consign to grave, cover up, deposit, embalm, ensepulcher, enshrine, entomb, hold last rites for, hold services for, inearth, inter, inurn, lay, lay out, mummify, plant*, put away, put six feet under, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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