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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Recent Examples of inter
Tillich’s ashes were interred here in 1966, a year after New Harmony was designated a National Historic Landmark.
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Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
What To Know After King Henry VIII ordered for More to be executed, his head was placed on London Bridge before being retrieved by his daughter, Margaret Roper, and eventually interred in the Roper family vault at St. Dunstan's Church.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The Chases found that he had been interred at the base of a royal family shrine in about A.D. 350.
—Kerry Breen
july 10, CBS News, 10 July 2025
Previous research indicates that pre-Columbian people in the area followed a multistep process when interring their dead.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
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Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
What To Know After King Henry VIII ordered for More to be executed, his head was placed on London Bridge before being retrieved by his daughter, Margaret Roper, and eventually interred in the Roper family vault at St. Dunstan's Church.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The Chases found that he had been interred at the base of a royal family shrine in about A.D. 350.
—Kerry Breen
july 10, CBS News, 10 July 2025
Previous research indicates that pre-Columbian people in the area followed a multistep process when interring their dead.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inter
bury
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Nearly 20 minutes after his final pitch, Scott sat with his head buried in his locker.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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As in the crowded Arsenale itself, anything more radical to be found in the pavilion is buried under dioramas and walls of texts.—
Kate Wagner,
Curbed,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inter. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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