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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | entomb |
| 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: | put away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | assassinate, bury, cool*, cut off, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in, dust off, execute, finish, inter, knock off, liquidate, murder, plant, put down*, put out of its misery, put to sleep, slay, tomb |
| Antonyms: | give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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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