INTER Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

inter

verb

in-ˈtər

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 She was initially interred in a vault beneath the cemetery’s chapel, Selzer says, but was buried in the Willowmere section, Lot 10-16 Sub C, Grave 3 in 1953 —the same year her 41-room mansion at 1000 N. Lake Shore Drive was demolished. —

Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024 Members who were interred outside the kibbutz have been brought to a final resting place inside Be’eri. —

Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024 Reynoso’s husband, who remains hopeful her body will be found, initially planned to inter her in Mexico but later decided her body, if found, will stay in Tennessee. —

Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024 Payne’s funeral will reportedly be held in St Paul’s Cathedral in Wolverhampton, where he will be interred. —

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for inter