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as in interred
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday
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as in concealed
to put into a hiding place
buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident
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as in bombed
to defeat by a large margin
if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us
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Recent Examples of buried
Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2026
This was little more than a wooden shack beside a convenience store and a karaoke parlor, all of them run by an enterprising resident who had already buried 200 people in the 12 months since Duterte had taken office, nearly all of them drug suspects.
—Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
According to this man, Benjamin passed away overnight and was already buried by morning.
—Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
After her death, Katharine did come to be buried with members of her family.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Across the United States, about 97 million metric tons of food waste are discarded each year, of which about 37 million metric tons end up buried in landfills.
—Ahmed Ibrahim Yunus, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Taleghan 2 appears to be deeply buried, similar to Fordow and Natanz, and its recent hardening may have prompted the use of extremely heavy bunker-busters.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2026
This shows a pipe, center, which was buried but suddenly emerged above ground at a sewer construction site in Osaka, western Japan Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Stailee Heard, 70 feet from the basket, after teammate Haleigh Timmer buried a 3-pointer with 5 seconds remaining.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
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The Gacho Baba District communication chief, Abebe Agena, said most of those who died were found buried in the mud.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2026
This was little more than a wooden shack beside a convenience store and a karaoke parlor, all of them run by an enterprising resident who had already buried 200 people in the 12 months since Duterte had taken office, nearly all of them drug suspects.
—Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
According to this man, Benjamin passed away overnight and was already buried by morning.
—Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
After her death, Katharine did come to be buried with members of her family.
—Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Across the United States, about 97 million metric tons of food waste are discarded each year, of which about 37 million metric tons end up buried in landfills.
—Ahmed Ibrahim Yunus, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Taleghan 2 appears to be deeply buried, similar to Fordow and Natanz, and its recent hardening may have prompted the use of extremely heavy bunker-busters.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2026
This shows a pipe, center, which was buried but suddenly emerged above ground at a sewer construction site in Osaka, western Japan Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Stailee Heard, 70 feet from the basket, after teammate Haleigh Timmer buried a 3-pointer with 5 seconds remaining.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buried
Adjective
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This can stop hidden malware from being installed while you are distracted by a convincing scam pitch.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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This clever lift-top coffee table doubles as hidden storage, revealing a spacious interior compartment for blankets, pillows, board games, and other living room essentials.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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Later, the victims’ ashes were interred in a modest columbarium that the priest had built in a Catholic cemetery.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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The approximately 230 victims interred in the grave were men, women and children — some in the prime of their lives, says Jiang.—
Durrie Bouscaren,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2026
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Their investigation used digital maps, citizen archives, and new forensic technologies to reconstruct what has been concealed and kept behind a curtain of silence.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
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Authorities said the tank had been deliberately concealed, and an autopsy determined Dee Warner's death was a homicide caused by strangulation and blunt force trauma.—
Corey J. Murray,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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Japanese warplanes attacked, torpedoed and bombed the ship, which caught fire before flooding and slowly sinking.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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On Friday, September 13, 1940, Nazi forces bombed Buckingham Palace in London.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But with consumers already starting to cut back on spending, businesses may have a harder time getting such disguised changes past consumers.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
12 Mar. 2026
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The disguised aspects of Miles’s life are of little concern to me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Oil prices whipped from nearly $120 per barrel, their highest since 2022, back toward $90.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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Oil prices whipped from nearly $120 per barrel, the highest since 2022, back toward $90.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Now, the Taliban are back exporting terror, women are shrouded and girls have again been shut out of classrooms.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
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For a woman so shrouded in mystery of her own making, Trump seemingly always finds a way to surprise both fans and, yes, the critics.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Of course, loyal customers already knew that, flocking in for hearty meatloaf and smothered pork chops.—
Matt Leclercq,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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The hot dogs, sausage, ham, bacon, pepperoni, bologna and Lunchables in that cold unit also weren’t cool enough and got smothered with Stop Sales.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Buried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buried. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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