as in to inter
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
there were so many dead that it was impossible to inhume them all promptly
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Recent Examples of inhume
In the touring production presented by Broadway in Boston and inhumed at the Citizens Bank Opera House through May 14, the life we’re given gets all the bells and whistles, not to mention props and wisecracks.
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James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017
James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inhume
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The Department of Veterans Affairs and volunteer groups have worked to locate and honor the women, identifying eight interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, including Irma Armanet, whose gravesite had never been marked.—
Loureen Ayyoub,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Roughly 400 are interred in crypts, about 300 in niches, and approximately 15,000 in traditional burial plots.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Some years ago, The Andrea, a seasonal seafood restaurant on the west end of Misquamicut Beach in Westerly, posted a black-and-white photo on Facebook showing a line of cars buried in the sand.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
7 Feb. 2026
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The rumor is that 20 years earlier a teenage girl was killed and buried there by her parents, who subsequently disappeared.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Inhume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhume. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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