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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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.
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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
The bones excavated at the site were returned to King William Island in 1994 and interred in a memorial cairn.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Here’s today’s: In London lies a knight a Pope interred.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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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
The bones excavated at the site were returned to King William Island in 1994 and interred in a memorial cairn.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Here’s today’s: In London lies a knight a Pope interred.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inter. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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