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Meanings of
common grave
in English
Russian
скудельня
Portuguese
vala comum
Catalan
fossa comuna
Spanish
osario común
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Place for the burial of unknown or indigent people.
potter's field
paupers' grave
Russian
скудельня
Usage of
common grave
in English
1
A
common
grave
,
perhaps, because her family never came to claim her.
2
He was buried in the
common
grave
at a distance from the fort.
3
Workmen were digging a great, long,
common
grave
for the dead.
4
I wondered what inscription would mark the
common
grave
of the unnamed infants.
5
His body, which was thrown into a
common
grave
,
has never been found.
6
He was obeyed, and thus murdered and murderer were united in a
common
grave
.
7
He falls into the
common
grave
of cowardice and infamy.
8
Standing by the
common
grave
she thought of his tormented existence-shesaw it whole.
9
Surely they will not bury it in the
common
grave
!
10
The northern dead, far more numerous, were buried in a
common
grave
beside the sea.
11
Before their
common
grave
,
let us forgive one another.
12
Then at some central point an immense pit would be dug as a
common
grave
.
13
Then Dick led, or rather carried, Hugh from the brink of that awesome,
common
grave
.
14
When he dies, can he escape the
common
grave
?
15
Over one hundred of the victims of the dynamite disaster were buried in one
common
grave
.
16
They deemed it an especial pity that such a grave should ever become a
common
grave
.
Other examples for "common grave"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
common
grave
common
Adjective
Noun
Translations for
common grave
Russian
скудельня
скудельница
Portuguese
vala comum
Catalan
fossa comuna
Spanish
osario común
osario comun
fosa comun
hoyanca
fosa común
Common grave
through the time
Common grave
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common