dead and buried vs terminated

dead and buried

adj
  • Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten. 

  • Of a project or plan, wholly dispensed with; never to be completed or revived. 

terminated

adj
  • Having been the subject of termination; ended or destroyed. 

  • Having lost a job or assignment. 

  • Having an end or a boundary. 

How often have the words dead and buried and terminated occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )