inurn

verb

Definition of inurnnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inurn
  1. put away
  2. inter
  3. inhume
  4. bury
  5. tomb
  6. enshrine
Verb
  • Ecuador finally came to the party after struggling to put away their chances in their first two games.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • In 1985, some 42 million watched the Royals put away the Cards.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Definition of put away
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  • On June 26 of this year, Bloch, a Jew who identified as such only when dealing with anti-Semites, was interred in the Pantheon, the final resting place of so many of France’s great literary and cultural figures.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
  • If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
Definition of inter
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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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  • Each of the women were buried in matching underground chambers, with the princess Ita followed by Khenmet, Itaweret, and an anonymous woman assumed to be their sister Sathathormeryt.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
  • The largest of the debris aprons covers 50 square miles (130 square kilometers), which would be large enough to bury a small city or a large town.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of bury
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  • The bed resists public-facing things, hence its charge as a womb to tomb motif.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Highlights include the Pyramid of Djoser or Step Pyramid—the world’s oldest pyramid—and the Mastaba of Ti tomb.
    — Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
Definition of tomb
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  • One law enshrines Torah study as a foundational state value in a Basic Law, a move that critics say lays the constitutional groundwork for exemptions to survive future Supreme Court challenges.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • On Missouri’s August ballot, Amendment 2 asks voters across the state to further enshrine the requirement to continue holding such elections.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
Definition of enshrine

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“Inurn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inurn. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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