as in to bury
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery
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Recent Examples of inter
Most of the soldiers interred in these graves died in November 1944.
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Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
But although tens of thousands of visitors were coming for respite, too few were buying: only a hundred and seventy-five people were interred there by 1843.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Secretaries of State, including Colin Powell, John Dulles, Alexander Haig and George Marshall are interred at Arlington.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Hagerty will then be interred at 2 p.m. Thursday beside Nancy at Queen of Angels Catholic Cemetery in Winter Park.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
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Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
But although tens of thousands of visitors were coming for respite, too few were buying: only a hundred and seventy-five people were interred there by 1843.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Secretaries of State, including Colin Powell, John Dulles, Alexander Haig and George Marshall are interred at Arlington.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Hagerty will then be interred at 2 p.m. Thursday beside Nancy at Queen of Angels Catholic Cemetery in Winter Park.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2025
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Prince Friso was in a skiing accident in February 2012, getting buried under an avalanche, which led to brain damage and falling into a coma.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Some mourners openly wept, burying their faces in the Palestinian flags wrapped around the bodies.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inter. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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