Synonyms of interring

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noun

as in burial

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place

fittingly, the interring took place on a gloomy, rainy day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burial
• funeral
• burying
• interment
• inhumation
• obsequies
• entombment
• entombing
• sepulture
• obsequy
• reinterment
• reburial
• embalmment
• inurnment
• immurement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exhumation
• cremation
• disinterment
• unearthing

interring

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verb

present participle of inter

as in burying

to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea

the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burying
• entombing
• hiding
• laying
• putting away
• inhuming
• hearsing
• tombing
• concealing
• enshrining
• reburying
• immuring
• shielding
• ensconcing
• obscuring
• shading
• shrouding
• enshrouding
• cloaking
• covering
• inurning
• curtaining
• reinterring
• coffining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exhuming
• unearthing
• disinterring
• cremating
• burning
• disclosing
• showing
• exposing
• revealing
• discovering
• displaying
• exhibiting
• baring
• uncoffining