interred

past tense of inter

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Recent Examples of interred Dignitaries and longtime residents gathered under gray skies at the memorial to Katrina’s victims in a New Orleans cemetery where dozens who perished in the storm but were never identified or claimed are interred. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025 Armstrong is interred at Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025 The post-eruption settlers also buried their own, based on evidence of a newborn that was interred at the site during the reoccupation. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interred
buried
Verb
  • Growing up during the Lebanese Civil War, famed architect and designer Aline Asmar d’Amman was often cozied in her room, her nose buried in a book to dampen the noise from the bombs outside.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Gomez and Morticia buried him, but kept his disembodied hand, which eventually became Thing (Victor Dorobantu).
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Interred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interred. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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