as in to bury
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery
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Like yesterday, and the days before, she is interred in the ground up to her waist, the afterthought of some unnamed apocalypse.
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Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
The remains were interred in 1948 at the Normandy American Cemetery.
—Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
The Elgin Navy Club and the Elgin Marine Corps League will pay tribute to veterans interred at sea with a program at 9:40 a.m. in Veterans Memorial Park, 274 N. Grove Ave.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
Most of the soldiers interred in these graves died in November 1944.
—Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
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Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
The remains were interred in 1948 at the Normandy American Cemetery.
—Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 26 May 2025
The Elgin Navy Club and the Elgin Marine Corps League will pay tribute to veterans interred at sea with a program at 9:40 a.m. in Veterans Memorial Park, 274 N. Grove Ave.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
Most of the soldiers interred in these graves died in November 1944.
—Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inter
bury
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If a body is here, whoever buried it didn’t bother digging deep, because there’s no fear of getting caught.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Special effects buried gas lines underground and integrated them into the structure so the blaze could be easily started and stopped.—
Daron James,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inter. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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