Meaning & use

interred

verb·Advanced

Placed a dead body into the ground or a tomb as part of a burial.

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The general was interred with full military honors at the national cemetery.

Family members gathered as her ashes were interred beside her late husband's grave.

A note on using this word

"Interred" is the past tense and past participle of "inter"; do not confuse it with "interned," which means detained.

Words with a similar meaning

buriedentombed

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Words with an opposite meaning

exhumed

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