interred

[ in-turd ]

adjective

1. (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.

2. 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.

3. placed in the earth or underground:

   Anodes are installed on the interred sections of pipeline to reduce the corrosion caused by electrochemical action.

noun

1. Usually the interred. a person or persons buried in a grave or tomb:

   Most of the interred did not have individual grave markers.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of inter ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·in·terred adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of interred¹

inter ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The young man was buried in an alleyway beside the house because it was too dangerous to go to the cemetery where his father - who died before the war - was interred.

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All are interred with full military honours in ceremonies featuring a rifle salute and current soldiers from Scottish regiments.

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One remaining question is why the body was where it was, and not in the side-chapel where it was recorded as being interred.

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Instead, the babies were interred in mass graves.

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He was interred at Westminster Abbey after his death in 1658, but two years later King Charles II vowed retribution for his father's execution and displayed Cromwell's severed head in public.

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Related Words

• covered
• hidden