1
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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2
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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as in hidden
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Recent Examples of buried
Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Then, a flash flood buried the bodies in sediment.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Jim Varallo would like to get to Calvary Cemetery on Lebanon Pike in Nashville more than once or twice a year to visit family members who are buried there.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Then, weeks after they were buried, the soft parts of the carcasses decayed and were washed away by groundwater, leaving the clay mask to forever preserve the forms of what lay just beneath, Sereno says.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Turns out, she was buried alive—and is now a mainstay at the cemetery as a ghost.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
What fantastic fantasies will lure risk-seeking treasure hunters to breach the massive walls of iron thorns surrounding mysterious radioactive caverns buried deep in the deserts?
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Either way, what’s buried beneath the surface won’t stay hidden for long.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori, an art restorer and former forger (Michaela Coel), to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access eight unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in storage.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
As the lore goes, King’s daughter’s cat was struck by a truck and buried on a hill behind the house, inspiring the plot for his 1983 novel Pet Sematary.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
Then, a flash flood buried the bodies in sediment.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Jim Varallo would like to get to Calvary Cemetery on Lebanon Pike in Nashville more than once or twice a year to visit family members who are buried there.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
Then, weeks after they were buried, the soft parts of the carcasses decayed and were washed away by groundwater, leaving the clay mask to forever preserve the forms of what lay just beneath, Sereno says.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Turns out, she was buried alive—and is now a mainstay at the cemetery as a ghost.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
What fantastic fantasies will lure risk-seeking treasure hunters to breach the massive walls of iron thorns surrounding mysterious radioactive caverns buried deep in the deserts?
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Either way, what’s buried beneath the surface won’t stay hidden for long.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori, an art restorer and former forger (Michaela Coel), to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access eight unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in storage.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buried
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The Odd Fellows Cemetery, where Sammy is interred, is the last such cemetery in Sacramento.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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She was later interred at Fairview Cemetery.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Though the structures appear to only be heads, many of them have full bodies that have been concealed by sediment over the centuries.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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The train containing the four ride vehicles, including the Dodge Charger, will be concealed during this initial test phase — though a version of the Charger chassis was revealed to media this summer.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Several complaints, largely filed in Spanish, asked why they were locked up and bombed.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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And this is the same thing all Gazans did after their homes were bombed or damaged.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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The 61-year-old loves the hunt, and sifting through old belongings and hidden gems is what keeps him going.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Scheeres’s work also inspired me to research the troubled teen industry, the hidden arm of America’s prison industrial complex, a largely unregulated network of religious and secular therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness programs, private youth programs, and drug rehabilitation centers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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LaVine and Monk whipped the crowd into a frenzy, combining to make 17 of 32 from the field and 10 of 18 from 3-point range as the Kings bounced back from a season-opening loss to the Phoenix Suns.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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The cold brew is bitter but topped with a fluffy, whipped cold foam that tastes almondy, sweet and spice-filled.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The gender nonconformity of the protagonists—all thinly disguised versions of Lee—is often obvious but never explicitly mentioned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Fifteen superfans will walk around with disguised pre-release Pixel hardware.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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These downhome potatoes earn their Western stripes by sizzling in bacon grease before getting smothered with barbecue sauce, cheese, peppers, and plenty of crispy bacon.—
Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2025
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Over time, it was smothered by sand brought in to replenish the beach.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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When opinions overtake data, the path forward becomes shrouded in darkness, and the future becomes uncertain.—
Sheldon Jacobson,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
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But amid the hype around European defense, Muirhead conceded that the exit trajectory for many startups in the sector remains shrouded in uncertainty.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Buried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buried. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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