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
Tupper appears to have been buried inside the fort because an approaching hurricane prevented transport to the post cemetery, where others were typically interred.
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Also interred there are her parents, King George VI, who died in 1952, and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who died in 2002, as well as her sister, Princess Margaret, who also died in 2002.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Two years after her husband died, Celina Gonzalez had his remains interred in a San Diego cemetery.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
The annual event, held at the Memorial to the Six Million, also marked the site's 61st observance—a space considered sacred by many, where human ashes from Dachau and other Holocaust artifacts are interred.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
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Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Also interred there are her parents, King George VI, who died in 1952, and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who died in 2002, as well as her sister, Princess Margaret, who also died in 2002.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
Two years after her husband died, Celina Gonzalez had his remains interred in a San Diego cemetery.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
The annual event, held at the Memorial to the Six Million, also marked the site's 61st observance—a space considered sacred by many, where human ashes from Dachau and other Holocaust artifacts are interred.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inter
bury
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Keep the language concrete and avoid burying the point under explanation.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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This is a racist absurdity in addition to being an impossible read of the Constitution, which is perhaps why the Roberts Court has buried it under so many layers of obfuscation.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inter. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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