interred
Americanadjective
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(of a dead body) placed in a grave or tomb; buried.
These places are sacred because they contain the interred remains of our loved ones.
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forgotten or removed from consideration, as if buried.
One of the priority tasks for these activists is to recover the interred heritage of Latin America's revolutionary movements.
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placed in the earth or underground.
Anodes are installed on the interred sections of pipeline to reduce the corrosion caused by electrochemical action.
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Princess Ita was buried beside Princess Khenmet, while Princess Itaweret was interred alongside an unidentified woman who has tentatively been identified as Princess Sathathormeryt.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
A lot of the people interred there are from the Golden Age of Hollywood, and now it’s becoming a place where filmmakers and musicians and artists are considering for their final resting place.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Evidence suggests the site was prepared with care, and the victims were interred with personal belongings such as bronze jewellery and ceramic drinking vessels.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026
After a memorial service in France and a Cuban state funeral, his ashes were interred in Havana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
The government interred Japanese, German, and other diplomats from enemy countries at the Greenbrier, of all places—both to keep the diplomats from leaving the country and to make sure that they were treated well.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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