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interring

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of interring

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 of interring

burial, burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepulture
Words Related to interring

embalmment, funeral

immurement, inurnment

reburial, reinterment
Near Antonyms of interring

cremation
Antonyms of interring

disinterment, exhumation, unearthing

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