as in buried
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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More to Explore Speleologists found Mörk’s remains and interred them in the Eisriesenwelt in 1925.
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Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
For instance, the young woman interred in burial 211 described above is one of several women and children buried with stone axes at the site, upending the notion that axes only belonged to Stone Age men.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
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
Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
For instance, the young woman interred in burial 211 described above is one of several women and children buried with stone axes at the site, upending the notion that axes only belonged to Stone Age men.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
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
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Afterwards, a group of early humans buried her in an ancient, sacred place along a lakeshore.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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Her husband will be buried in the country.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Interred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interred. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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