INURN Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

inurn

verb

Definition of inurn

as in to put away

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Recent Examples of inurn The proposal also would end burial eligibility for military retirees but still allow them to be inurned above ground, according to a comparison of the new proposals and current rules on the cemetery’s website. — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019 The proposal also would end burial eligibility for military retirees but still allow them to be inurned aboveground, according to a comparison of the new proposals and current rules on the cemetery’s website. — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019 Virginia will be cremated and inurned in the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC with her husband. — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 Feb. 2018

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Kaick put away a first-touch shot off a feed from Joaquín Valiente to open the scoring in the 62nd.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
Additionally, Lynch struggled to put away batters with his sinker and four-seam fastball.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of put away

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In the touring production presented by Broadway in Boston and inhumed at the Citizens Bank Opera House through May 14, the life we’re given gets all the bells and whistles, not to mention props and wisecracks.

— James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea.

— Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017

Definition of inhume

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Colonizers call it voluntary emigration, but there is nothing voluntary about fleeing after your home has been bombed, your fields poisoned, your water cut off and your child buried.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Over one tense weekend, old patterns and buried wounds surface in front of in-laws and guests, until the celebration fractures into a confrontation.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

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LeVota issued an executive order supporting the tax program on July 4, and the Jackson County Legislature voted the following week to enshrine the program into law by adding it to the county code.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
The sovereignty claim is enshrined in Argentina’s constitution and frequently invoked as an expression of national identity, from banknotes to World Cup soccer chants.

— Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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