HEARSE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

hearse

verb

Definition of hearse

as in to inter

to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea the cemetery hearses an average of eight bodies a week

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Recent Examples of hearse This can also include autos such as ambulances, work trucks, hearses, etc. — Block Advisors Contributor, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026 Each day brings more permanent residents, arriving in black hearses trailing solemn convoys of hazard-flashing cars to a place still served by generations of locals who cut granite memorials or pour sympathetic whiskeys. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025 There was Ozzy’s hearse up front and the family in about five black SUVs following us. — Steve Knopper, Billboard, 30 July 2025 Police vans and hearses were among the only available vehicles large enough to transport someone lying down. — Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hearse

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According to People, Dean was interred in a mausoleum at the cemetery.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2026
By comparison, according to the study, the burial robes of King Sigismund III Vasa and Queen Constance of Habsburg, interred around the same time in Kraków in southern Poland, contain not a single pure gold thread.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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Back in 2015, Parton and her team buried a chestnut box filled with physical copies of a brand new song in two formats, cassette and CD, along with their corresponding players, under her Dollywood DreamMore Resort and Spa.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Prior research had shown that cotton strips could also be used to assess decomposition, so why not engage in a bit of citizen science and ask volunteers to bury cotton underpants for a couple of months, then dig them up and record the results?

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of bury

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