as in to bury
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery
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Recent Examples of inter
Crump will be cremated, and her ashes interred between her parents in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Front Royal, Virginia.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
But those burials, and others that came a few hundred years after the pyre, were interred without this labor-intensive spectacle.
—Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation, 1 Jan. 2026
Bertz was interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, and flags were flown at half-staff at state buildings Monday.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 29 Dec. 2025
Disney’s body was cremated, with his ashes interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
But those burials, and others that came a few hundred years after the pyre, were interred without this labor-intensive spectacle.
—Elizabeth Sawchuk, The Conversation, 1 Jan. 2026
Bertz was interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, and flags were flown at half-staff at state buildings Monday.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 29 Dec. 2025
Disney’s body was cremated, with his ashes interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inter
bury
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Given one final chance to tie, Mazzulla sent Gonzalez back in as a late sub, and the 19-year-old buried one from the left corner to force a second OT.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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Tourists are urged to lock up their food and trash, and anglers instructed to bury any bait that may attract scavengers.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inter. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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