To cut (a design or inscription) into a hard surface, especially for printing

• incise

  1. To cut into, as with a sharp instrument:
  2. To engrave (designs or writing, for example) into a surface; carve.
  3. To engrave designs, writing, or other marks into.

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  1. To cut into, as with a sharp instrument:
  2. To engrave (designs or writing, for example) into a surface; carve.
  3. To engrave designs, writing, or other marks into.

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• etch

  1. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid, especially by coating the surface with wax or another protective layer and drawing lines with a needle and then using the acid to form the lines on the unprotected parts of the surface.
  2. To make or create by this method:
  3. To draw or write by cutting or scraping:

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  1. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid, especially by coating the surface with wax or another protective layer and drawing lines with a needle and then using the acid to form the lines on the unprotected parts of the surface.
  2. To make or create by this method:
  3. To draw or write by cutting or scraping:

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• engrave

  1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material:
  2. To carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into:
  3. To carve, cut, or etch into a block or surface used for printing.

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  1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material:
  2. To carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into:
  3. To carve, cut, or etch into a block or surface used for printing.

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• carve

  1. To divide into pieces by cutting; slice:
  2. To divide by parceling out:
  3. To cut into a desired shape; fashion by cutting:

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  1. To divide into pieces by cutting; slice:
  2. To divide by parceling out:
  3. To cut into a desired shape; fashion by cutting:

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To produce a deep impression of

• stamp

  1. To bring down (the foot) forcibly.
  2. To bring the foot down onto (an object or surface) forcibly.
  3. To cause to be dislodged by stomping the feet:

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  1. To bring down (the foot) forcibly.
  2. To bring the foot down onto (an object or surface) forcibly.
  3. To cause to be dislodged by stomping the feet:

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• inscribe

  1. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface.
  2. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters.
  3. To enter (a name) on a list or in a register.

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  1. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface.
  2. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters.
  3. To enter (a name) on a list or in a register.

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• imprint

  1. To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure.
  2. To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure.
  3. To impart a strong or vivid impression of:

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  1. To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure.
  2. To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure.
  3. To impart a strong or vivid impression of:

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• impress

  1. To affect strongly, often favorably:
  2. To produce or attempt to produce a vivid impression or image of:
  3. To mark or stamp with pressure:

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  1. To affect strongly, often favorably:
  2. To produce or attempt to produce a vivid impression or image of:
  3. To mark or stamp with pressure:

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• fix

  1. To correct or set right; adjust:
  2. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:
  3. To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare:

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  1. To correct or set right; adjust:
  2. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair:
  3. To make ready for a specific purpose, as by altering or combining elements; prepare:

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• etch

  1. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid, especially by coating the surface with wax or another protective layer and drawing lines with a needle and then using the acid to form the lines on the unprotected parts of the surface.
  2. To make or create by this method:
  3. To draw or write by cutting or scraping:

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  1. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid, especially by coating the surface with wax or another protective layer and drawing lines with a needle and then using the acid to form the lines on the unprotected parts of the surface.
  2. To make or create by this method:
  3. To draw or write by cutting or scraping:

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• engrave

  1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material:
  2. To carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into:
  3. To carve, cut, or etch into a block or surface used for printing.

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  1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material:
  2. To carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into:
  3. To carve, cut, or etch into a block or surface used for printing.

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A burial place or receptacle for human remains

• vault

  1. An arched structure, usually of masonry or concrete, serving to cover a space.
  2. An arched overhead covering, such as the sky, that resembles the architectural structure in form.
  3. A room or space, such as a cellar or storeroom, with arched walls and ceiling, especially when underground.

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  1. An arched structure, usually of masonry or concrete, serving to cover a space.
  2. An arched overhead covering, such as the sky, that resembles the architectural structure in form.
  3. A room or space, such as a cellar or storeroom, with arched walls and ceiling, especially when underground.

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• tomb

  1. A grave or other place of burial.
  2. A vault or chamber for burial of the dead.
  3. A monument commemorating the dead.

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  1. A grave or other place of burial.
  2. A vault or chamber for burial of the dead.
  3. A monument commemorating the dead.

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• sepulture

  1. The act of interment; burial.
  2. A sepulcher.

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  1. The act of interment; burial.
  2. A sepulcher.

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• sepulcher

  1. A burial vault.
  2. A receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar.
  3. To place into a sepulcher; inter.

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  1. A burial vault.
  2. A receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar.
  3. To place into a sepulcher; inter.

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• ossuary

  1. A container or receptacle, such as an urn or a vault, for holding the bones of the dead.

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  1. A container or receptacle, such as an urn or a vault, for holding the bones of the dead.

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• mausoleum

  1. A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
  2. A gloomy, usually large room or building.

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  1. A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
  2. A gloomy, usually large room or building.

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• crypt

  1. An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
  2. A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.

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  1. An underground vault or chamber, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
  2. A small pit, recess, or glandular cavity in the body.

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• cinerarium

  1. A place for keeping the ashes of a cremated body.

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  1. A place for keeping the ashes of a cremated body.

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• catacomb

  1. An underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels with recesses for graves.
  2. An underground, often labyrinthine passageway.

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  1. An underground cemetery consisting of chambers or tunnels with recesses for graves.
  2. An underground, often labyrinthine passageway.

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Having great consequence or weight

• weighty

  1. Having considerable weight; heavy.
  2. Burdensome; oppressive:
  3. Of great consequence; serious or momentous:

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  1. Having considerable weight; heavy.
  2. Burdensome; oppressive:
  3. Of great consequence; serious or momentous:

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• severe

  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

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  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

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• serious

  1. Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave:
  2. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  3. Intended for sophisticated people.

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  1. Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave:
  2. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  3. Intended for sophisticated people.

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• momentous

  1. Of utmost importance; of outstanding significance or consequence:

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  1. Of utmost importance; of outstanding significance or consequence:

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• heavy

  1. Having relatively great weight:
  2. Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.
  3. Large, as in number or quantity:

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  1. Having relatively great weight:
  2. Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.
  3. Large, as in number or quantity:

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• earnest

  1. Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness:

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  1. Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness:

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Causing or marked by danger or pain, for example

• severe

  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

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  1. Unsparing, harsh, or strict, as in treatment of others:
  2. Marked by or requiring strict adherence to rigorous standards or high principles:
  3. Stern or forbidding, as in manner or appearance:

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• serious

  1. Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave:
  2. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  3. Intended for sophisticated people.

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  1. Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave:
  2. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  3. Intended for sophisticated people.

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• grievous

  1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish:
  2. Serious or dire; grave:

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  1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish:
  2. Serious or dire; grave:

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• dangerous

  1. Involving or filled with danger; perilous.
  2. Being able or likely to do harm.

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  1. Involving or filled with danger; perilous.
  2. Being able or likely to do harm.

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Portending future disaster

• unlucky

  1. Subjected to or marked by misfortune:
  2. Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious:

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  1. Subjected to or marked by misfortune:
  2. Resulting or likely to result in misfortune; inauspicious:

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• portentous

  1. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding:
  2. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe:
  3. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.

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  1. Of the nature of or constituting a portent; foreboding:
  2. Full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe:
  3. Marked by pompousness; pretentiously weighty.

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• ominous

  1. Menacing; threatening:
  2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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  1. Menacing; threatening:
  2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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• hellfire

  1. The fire of hell, considered as punishment for sinners.

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  1. The fire of hell, considered as punishment for sinners.

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• fire-and-brimstone

  1. The punishment of hell.
  2. Vehement rhetoric, especially homiletic rhetoric describing or warning of the punishments of hell.

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  1. The punishment of hell.
  2. Vehement rhetoric, especially homiletic rhetoric describing or warning of the punishments of hell.

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• fateful

  1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous:
  2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.
  3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal.

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  1. Vitally affecting subsequent events; being of great consequence; momentous:
  2. Controlled by or as if by fate; predetermined.
  3. Bringing death or disaster; fatal.

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• direful

  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.

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  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.

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• dire

  1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
  2. Urgent; desperate:

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  1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
  2. Urgent; desperate:

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• baneful

  1. Causing harm, ruin, or death; harmful.
  2. Portending harm; ominous.

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  1. Causing harm, ruin, or death; harmful.
  2. Portending harm; ominous.

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• apocalyptical

  1. apocalyptic

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  1. apocalyptic

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• apocalyptic

  1. Relating to or predicting the end of the world, especially as described in the Bible or another religious text.
  2. Relating to or predicting widespread destruction or the collapse of civilization:
  3. Characterized by predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome:

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  1. Relating to or predicting the end of the world, especially as described in the Bible or another religious text.
  2. Relating to or predicting widespread destruction or the collapse of civilization:
  3. Characterized by predictions of or allusions to a disastrous outcome:

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Full of or marked by dignity and seriousness

• staid

  1. Characterized by sedateness and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; serious and conventional.
  2. Fixed; permanent:

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  1. Characterized by sedateness and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; serious and conventional.
  2. Fixed; permanent:

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• somber

  1. Dark; gloomy:
  2. Dull or dark in color:
  3. Melancholy; dismal:

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  1. Dark; gloomy:
  2. Dull or dark in color:
  3. Melancholy; dismal:

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• solemn

  1. Serious and dignified:
  2. Showing or behaving with dignified restraint or earnestness:
  3. Performed with full ceremony:

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  1. Serious and dignified:
  2. Showing or behaving with dignified restraint or earnestness:
  3. Performed with full ceremony:

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• sober

  1. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
  2. Abstaining from or habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic drink or other intoxicants:
  3. Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly:

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  1. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
  2. Abstaining from or habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic drink or other intoxicants:
  3. Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly:

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• serious

  1. Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave:
  2. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  3. Intended for sophisticated people.

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  1. Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave:
  2. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  3. Intended for sophisticated people.

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• sedate

  1. Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner.

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  1. Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner.

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• earnest

  1. Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness:

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  1. Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness:

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Important

• consequential

  1. Following as an effect, result, or conclusion; consequent.
  2. Having important consequences; significant:
  3. Important; influential:

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  1. Following as an effect, result, or conclusion; consequent.
  2. Having important consequences; significant:
  3. Important; influential:

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• weighty

  1. Having considerable weight; heavy.
  2. Burdensome; oppressive:
  3. Of great consequence; serious or momentous:

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  1. Having considerable weight; heavy.
  2. Burdensome; oppressive:
  3. Of great consequence; serious or momentous:

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• momentous

  1. Of utmost importance; of outstanding significance or consequence:

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  1. Of utmost importance; of outstanding significance or consequence:

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Dangerous

• ominous

  1. Menacing; threatening:
  2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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  1. Menacing; threatening:
  2. Of or being an omen, especially an evil one.

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• serious

  1. Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave:
  2. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  3. Intended for sophisticated people.

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  1. Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave:
  2. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  3. Intended for sophisticated people.

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• critical

  1. Judging severely and finding fault:
  2. Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment:
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of critics:

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  1. Judging severely and finding fault:
  2. Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment:
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of critics:

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Solemn

• earnest

  1. Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness:

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  1. Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness:

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• sober

  1. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
  2. Abstaining from or habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic drink or other intoxicants:
  3. Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly:

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  1. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
  2. Abstaining from or habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic drink or other intoxicants:
  3. Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly:

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• serious

  1. Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave:
  2. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  3. Intended for sophisticated people.

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  1. Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave:
  2. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  3. Intended for sophisticated people.

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A burial place

• permanent address

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• last home

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• charnel-house

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• pit for the dead

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• wooden shroud

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• pine

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• cold mud

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• dolmen

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• tumulus

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• cairn

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• clay

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• cromlech

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• barrow

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• mound

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• place of interment

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• narrow-house

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• last resting place

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• six feet of earth

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• burial-place

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• burial pit

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• burial-chamber

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• long home

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• catacomb

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• mausoleum

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• crypt

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• pit

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• tomb

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• sepulcher

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• vault

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Death

• last sleep

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• decay

  1. To break down into component parts; rot.
  2. To disintegrate in a process of radioactive decay or particle decay.
  3. To decrease gradually in magnitude. Used of voltage or current.

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  1. To break down into component parts; rot.
  2. To disintegrate in a process of radioactive decay or particle decay.
  3. To decrease gradually in magnitude. Used of voltage or current.

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• dissolution

  1. Decomposition into fragments or parts; disintegration.
  2. Indulgence in sensual pleasures; debauchery.
  3. Termination or extinction by disintegration or dispersion:

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  1. Decomposition into fragments or parts; disintegration.
  2. Indulgence in sensual pleasures; debauchery.
  3. Termination or extinction by disintegration or dispersion:

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