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词汇 mass grave
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Definition of mass grave in English:

mass grave

noun
  • A pit dug in the ground to receive a large number of dead bodies.

    2,800 civilians were massacred and buried in mass graves
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Morgan has noted that one mass grave was reportedly filled with nearly 1,500 of the slain rebels.
    • I heard that, of the 400,000 bodies buried in mass graves, only 5000 had been found.
    • The mass graves discovered in the course of the American liberation tell their own poignant story.
    • With the other executed rebels, his body was put into a mass grave with no coffin.
    • The first day we got here, we drove 10 minutes from the airport, because we heard there was a mass grave.
    • There's a mass grave where 150 people are buried.
    • Excavation of the East Smithfield cemeteries, revealed that the dead were neatly stacked five deep in the mass graves.
    • Mass graves have been found of victims of the Black Death.
    • A number of lead crosses were recovered from London, apparently thrown into the mass graves.
    • In addition, a Senior British Army Jewish Chaplain held a burial service as each mass grave was filled in.

Definition of mass grave in US English:

mass grave

noun
  • A pit dug in the ground to receive a large number of corpses.

    2,800 civilians were massacred and buried in mass graves
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The first day we got here, we drove 10 minutes from the airport, because we heard there was a mass grave.
    • With the other executed rebels, his body was put into a mass grave with no coffin.
    • Morgan has noted that one mass grave was reportedly filled with nearly 1,500 of the slain rebels.
    • Mass graves have been found of victims of the Black Death.
    • In addition, a Senior British Army Jewish Chaplain held a burial service as each mass grave was filled in.
    • The mass graves discovered in the course of the American liberation tell their own poignant story.
    • Excavation of the East Smithfield cemeteries, revealed that the dead were neatly stacked five deep in the mass graves.
    • I heard that, of the 400,000 bodies buried in mass graves, only 5000 had been found.
    • A number of lead crosses were recovered from London, apparently thrown into the mass graves.
    • There's a mass grave where 150 people are buried.
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