- bury alive
- immerse one in the ground while one's still alive
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bury alive
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bury — v.tr. ( ies, ied) 1 place (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea. 2 lose by death (has buried three husbands). 3 a put under ground (bury alive). b hide (treasure, a bone, etc.) in the earth. c cover up; submerge. 4 a put out of… … Useful english dictionary
Alive — may refer to:Publications* , a 1974 book by Piers Paul Read which documented the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andes mountains * Alive (manga) , a supernatural, shonen manga by Tadashi Kawashima and Adachitoka * Columbus… … Wikipedia
Bury Your Dead — This article is about the band. For their 2008 album, see Bury Your Dead (album). For the NCIS episode, see NCIS (season 5). For the Haunted song, see The Haunted Made Me Do It. Bury Your Dead Origin Worcester, MA, USA Genres Metalcore, hardcore… … Wikipedia
bury — verb 1 dead person PHRASES ▪ be dead and buried ▪ Those people are now all dead and buried. ▪ Their ambitions were finally dead and buried. (figurative) ▪ bury sb alive, lie buried … Collocations dictionary
bury — [[t]be̱ri[/t]] ♦♦♦ buries, burying, buried 1) VERB To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth. [V n prep/adv] They make the charcoal by burying wood in the ground and then slowly burning it. [V n]… … English dictionary
bury — bur|y W3 [ˈberi] v past tense and past participle buried present participle burying third person singular buries [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(dead person)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(fall on something)¦ 4¦(hidden)¦ 5¦(feeling/memory)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
Alive (DVD) — Infobox music DVD Name = Alive Type = Live DVD Artist = Bury Your Dead Released = July 12, 2005 Recorded = Chain Reaction on 5/5/05 Genre = Metalcore Length = Label = Victory Records Producer = Reviews = Last DVD = Cover Your Tracks (2004) This… … Wikipedia
bury — v. 1) (d; refl., tr.) to bury in (he buried himself in his work) 2) (N; used with an adjective) they buried him alive * * * [ berɪ] (N; used with an adjective) they buryled him alive (d; refl., tr.) to buryin (heburyied himself in his work) … Combinatory dictionary
bury — to inter (a corpse) So long standard English that we assume the thing buried is a dead body, unless we elaborate by saying buried alive. So too with burial, with its assumption of prior death … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Fear of being buried alive — is the fear of being placed in a grave while still alive as a result of being incorrectly pronounced dead. The abnormal, psychopathological version of this fear is referred to as taphophobia (from Greek taphos , meaning grave ), which is… … Wikipedia
