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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Still, hundreds of victims were likely interred without a forensic examination.
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Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 20 July 2024
Of those, 13 are interred in an extensive burial complex near the base of a mountain range on the outskirts of Beijing.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
The remains were transferred from those large graves and interred as unknown soldiers at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 July 2024
Everyone played, from guards in temples who scratched game boards into the ground to kings who were interred with Senet boards in their tombs, Crist says.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
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Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 20 July 2024
Of those, 13 are interred in an extensive burial complex near the base of a mountain range on the outskirts of Beijing.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
The remains were transferred from those large graves and interred as unknown soldiers at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 July 2024
Everyone played, from guards in temples who scratched game boards into the ground to kings who were interred with Senet boards in their tombs, Crist says.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inter. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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