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Definition of mass grave in English: mass gravenoun 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 gravenoun 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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