Laying the Dead to Rest
Noun
box in which the body or remains of a dead person is placed for burial
She staged a fake funeral, attempting to cover it up by cremating a mannequin and cow parts she placed in the casket.
Verb
dispose of (a dead person's body) by burning it to ashes
She staged a fake funeral, attempting to cover it up by cremating a mannequin and cow parts she placed in the casket.
Verb
dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
Zachary Taylor died from gastroenteritis after consuming cherries and milk on a hot summer day. There is some speculation as to whether he was assassinated by poison. His body was exhumed in 1991, however no evidence of a cri
Noun
ceremony held in connection with the burial of a dead person
Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa's first black president at a state funeral service.
Verb
kill as a sacrifice, especially by burning
Sati was a religious funeral practice among some Hindu communities in which a recently widowed woman immolates herself, voluntarily or by force, on her husband’s funeral pyre.
Phrase
place in a grave or tomb
laid to rest
Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa's first black president at a state funeral service.
Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa's first black president at a state funeral service.
Noun
magnificent burial place, usually a small building
The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was a massive tomb built by Queen Artemisia to commemorate the rule of her husband and brother, King Mausolus. Now, stately tombs are generically known as mausoleums.
Noun
dead body of a human that has been embalmed and prepared for burial
Would you believe that LENIN, former leader of the old United Soviet Socialist Republic, is a MUMMY? After his death he was sealed in wax using a top-secret process and put on public display in a glass showcase.
Noun
place or container for the bones of the dead
The Catacombs of Paris are a famous, creepy, underground ossuary filled with bones and skulls arranged in all manner of patterns.
Noun
large, flat stone standing over a grave
Hashima is essentially a laboratory for showing what happens to man-made reinforced concrete left in a savage environment. Rain and winds eat away at the remnants of buildings that stand like tombstones.