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The act or ceremony of burying a dead person.

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  • The family gathered at the cemetery for their uncle's interment.
  • Burial is commonly called interment It is frequently has a considerable price tag and unquestionably the most pricey part of a funeral
  • A rough box was their coffin, and their interment was a dog's burial.
  • A study of this collection leads to the belief that all the specimens are from one interment, that is, the grave of a single individual.
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