What does "give them closure"mean??
“There are thousands of missing people around the world that could have been tortured and killed and buried in clandestine graves.”
"It’s important for families obviously to find their relatives – to give them closure – so they can find out what happened to them and give them someone to bury."

What does "give them closure"mean??
Thank you!Can " give them closure" refer to "bury the dead"?

Question

What does "give them closure"mean??
“There are thousands of missing people around the world that could have been tortured and killed and buried in clandestine graves.”
"It’s important for families obviously to find their relatives – to give them closure – so they can find out what happened to them and give them someone to bury."

What does "give them closure"mean??
Thank you!Can " give them closure" refer to "bury the dead"?

Answer

closure means termination. Here obviously utill the families have found their relatives live or dead the'll not stop searching their loved ones. So give them closure means to give them something (certain information or relatives themselves most probably dead) so that their struggle to search terminates.

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