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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The pontiff was interred at the basilica on Saturday, after his wooden coffin was driven through the streets of Rome on the popemobile, passing the Colosseum and thousands of mourners on its way.
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Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
Many of history’s earliest pharaohs also chose to be interred there inside a sprawling royal necropolis near Anubis Mountain.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025
She’s now interred in Milwaukee after a Chicago freeway expansion required the relocation of her cemetery.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 6 May 2025
After the funeral in the Vatican, Francis’ body will be transported there to be interred.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
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Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
Many of history’s earliest pharaohs also chose to be interred there inside a sprawling royal necropolis near Anubis Mountain.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025
She’s now interred in Milwaukee after a Chicago freeway expansion required the relocation of her cemetery.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 6 May 2025
After the funeral in the Vatican, Francis’ body will be transported there to be interred.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
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The impact of those bombs is buried under a mountain of rubble in Iran; so anyone who says the bombs were not devastating is just trying to undermine the President and the successful mission.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Any parts of the hull that weren't quickly buried by silt have long since decomposed in the water.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 June 2025
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inter. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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