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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The bones excavated at the site were returned to King William Island in 1994 and interred in a memorial cairn.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Here’s today’s: In London lies a knight a Pope interred.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
One third of Pompeii remains interred, preserved for future
methods of discerning it.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Since the cemetery's inception, 90 service dogs' ashes from all over the country have been interred there, Weitlauf said.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2024
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Here’s today’s: In London lies a knight a Pope interred.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
One third of Pompeii remains interred, preserved for future
methods of discerning it.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Since the cemetery's inception, 90 service dogs' ashes from all over the country have been interred there, Weitlauf said.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2024
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inter. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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