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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Recent Examples of interred
Two years after her husband died, Celina Gonzalez had his remains interred in a San Diego cemetery.
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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
The campaign hit its $50,000 goal on April 5, which means Perrine will be buried and interred at Forest Lawn in Southern California.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Well, a 121-year-old article in The Cincinnati Enquirer said at least one was interred there.
—Jennie Key, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2026
In forensic anthropology, this conclusion typically follows analysis of bone condition, degradation and other physical markers that help specialists estimate how long remains have been interred or stored.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Later, the victims’ ashes were interred in a modest columbarium that the priest had built in a Catholic cemetery.
—Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
While ancient populations in West Asia were very mobile and genetically diverse, Jiang says the people interred in the mass grave did not appear to be locals.
—Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
Afterward, Brennan will be interred at Blue Springs Cemetery, near his best friend Patrick Thomas McCarthy, who died in 2011, and close family friend Valerie Potter.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2026
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
The campaign hit its $50,000 goal on April 5, which means Perrine will be buried and interred at Forest Lawn in Southern California.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Well, a 121-year-old article in The Cincinnati Enquirer said at least one was interred there.
—Jennie Key, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2026
In forensic anthropology, this conclusion typically follows analysis of bone condition, degradation and other physical markers that help specialists estimate how long remains have been interred or stored.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026
Later, the victims’ ashes were interred in a modest columbarium that the priest had built in a Catholic cemetery.
—Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
While ancient populations in West Asia were very mobile and genetically diverse, Jiang says the people interred in the mass grave did not appear to be locals.
—Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
Afterward, Brennan will be interred at Blue Springs Cemetery, near his best friend Patrick Thomas McCarthy, who died in 2011, and close family friend Valerie Potter.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interred
buried
Verb
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Yet there’s very little drama in Gowin’s pictures, and any plot is sketchy or buried.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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The new picture also captures shadowy fractures and pits that hint at large volumes of water ice still buried beneath the surface, as well as numerous impact craters surrounded by the detritus of their own explosive formation.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Interred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interred. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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