INURNED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

inurned

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past tense of inurn

as in interred

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The spores inside him are alive and well and ready to spread should his unpreserved body be interred in the soil.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Following the service, the King will be interred in the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Fortress, alongside the late King Haakon VII, Queen Maud, King Olav V & Crown Princess Märtha.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

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First, Protas buried a cross-zone feed from Alex Ovechkin to give Washington the 2-1 lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
The grave contained no grave goods — objects buried alongside the dead — but archaeologists were able to estimate its age based on the skeleton's crouched position and the grave's relationship to the nearby settlement and one of its houses.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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Riz Ahmed is there, entombed in his role as a frazzled scientific advisor who recognizes the severity of the situation.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2026
Country music icon Dolly Parton will be entombed next to her husband Carl Thomas Dean in Tennessee.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of entombed

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Some 86 years ago, Missouri voters enshrined a system for selecting top judges that would remove political influence from the courts.

— Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2026
These changes would be enshrined in the law, as opposed to regulations that could more easily be reversed in the future, says NATHPO Executive Director Ira Matt, a citizen of the Salish Tribe.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 15 Oct. 2026

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