common grave

collocation in English

meaningsofcommonandgrave

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common
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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grave
noun[C]
uk
/ɡreɪv/us
/ɡreɪv/
a place in the ground where a dead person ...
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(Definition ofcommonandgravefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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More than 200 sailors were buried in acommongrave; seven officers and 55 seamen survived.
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News of the tragedy was not widespread; the only reminder of this event was acommongravenear the ruins of the locomotive depot.
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The cemetery was consecrated in 1953 and comprises an enclosedcommongraveto the north with 6,725 dead, and 826 individual graves to the south.
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I have already explained that there is nothing degrading or improper about burial in acommongraveof patients who have died in hospital.
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Commongraveburials may be arranged by relatives who are unable to afford private graves.
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Acommongravelike some private graves may accommodate more than one coffin.
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However, the result was that no proper burial took place and the child was consigned to acommongrave.
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The money paid for the funeral was only enough for five years, after which she was reburied in acommongrave.
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The rest remained unclaimed in thecommongrave.
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They were buried in an anonymouscommongrave.
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The city also reburied the unclaimed bodies in acommongravein the new cemetery.
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He was provided no medical assistance, and indeed his chains were not removed until the moment of his burial, in acommongrave.
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Tocci and the others were all thrown in acommongrave.
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But there remains no evidence that refers to the original use of these artificial caves, which was acommongravefor families or clans.
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They were buried in a namelesscommongrave.
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At the site are acommongraveand an architectural complex.
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The remains of the soldiers were originally buried in acommongrave, but who buried them remains an open question.
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