inter

verb

in-ˈtər How to pronounce inter (audio)
Definition of internext
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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Recent Examples of inter On June 26 of this year, Bloch, a Jew who identified as such only when dealing with anti-Semites, was interred in the Pantheon, the final resting place of so many of France’s great literary and cultural figures. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026 After his lie in state honor at the Idaho Capitol and a public funeral in May, Kempthorne was interred at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise. — Kevin Fixler june 26, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2026 The hand positions of those interred also differed. — Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for inter
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bury
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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
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inter. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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