inurned

verb

past tense of inurn
as in interred

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  1. interred
  2. buried
  3. entombed
  4. enshrined
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  • Nisa Torer, 14, and 56-year-old Nihat Balyemez were interred in the southern city of Gaziantep, while Huseyin Ozdemir was buried in Silifke, Mersin province.
    — Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • According to People, Dean was interred in a mausoleum at the cemetery.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of interred
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  • The dielectric features were therefore buried inside the device, helping preserve their shape during fabrication.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • There are also military capabilities there, including air defenses and mines buried underground.
    — Gabrielle Khoriaty, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of buried
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  • 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
  • The consensus seems to be that these bizarre objects, which were first discovered in 2022, are growing supermassive black holes entombed within huge clouds of gas that have spectrums similar to cool, red stars, such as red giants.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of entombed
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  • Candidates who receive at least 20 of the 25 possible votes (80 percent) will be enshrined that year.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 5 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
Definition of enshrined
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“Inurned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inurned. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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