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inhumes

verb

present tense third-person singular of inhume

as in buries

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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buries

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Past a certain point, more preparation buries the message instead of sharpening it.

— Lynn Smith, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
The winter months pass, long nights, a bomb cyclone that buries my basement windows in snow and leaves me to lurk in the dark like a slumbering bear, and then spring arrives abrupt and clanging and golden.

— Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026

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