HEARSE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

hearse

verb

Definition of hearse

as in to inter

to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea the cemetery hearses an average of eight bodies a week

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Recent Examples of hearse This can also include autos such as ambulances, work trucks, hearses, etc. — Block Advisors Contributor, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026 Each day brings more permanent residents, arriving in black hearses trailing solemn convoys of hazard-flashing cars to a place still served by generations of locals who cut granite memorials or pour sympathetic whiskeys. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025 There was Ozzy’s hearse up front and the family in about five black SUVs following us. — Steve Knopper, Billboard, 30 July 2025 Police vans and hearses were among the only available vehicles large enough to transport someone lying down. — Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hearse

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The spores inside him are alive and well and ready to spread should his unpreserved body be interred in the soil.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Following the service, the King will be interred in the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Fortress, alongside the late King Haakon VII, Queen Maud, King Olav V & Crown Princess Märtha.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

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They are buried close to the eternal flame that marks JFK's gravesite, a trio of memorials that are a major draw for the millions of people who visit the Arlington cemetery each year.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Anjali Sachdeva’s story opens with sixteen-year-old Sadie helping the gravedigger bury her parents.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Nov. 2026

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An international team led by Gino Caspari of the University of Bern and the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology analyzed remains from the Tunnug 1 princely tomb in Russia’s Tyva Republic.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026

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