REBURIAL Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

reburial

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as in reinterment

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Recent Examples of reburial Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025 The reburials began in the 1920s and peaked in the 1940s, after San Francisco voters formally approved the eviction of the dead in 1937. — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who attended the reburial with museum representatives and traditional leaders, said the repatriation followed negotiations between the university and the government that started in 2022. — Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026 On June 16, 1989, 250,000 people gathered in Heroes’ Square for the ceremonial reburial of Imre Nagy, the prime minister who was executed after leading Hungary during the doomed 1956 revolution against the Soviets. — Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reburial

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