Definitions
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- adjective Having been
interred . - adjective of a buried corpse
Located . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
inter .
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- adjective placed in a grave
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Examples
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Achmatova and Zamjatin - interred alive throughout their lives - are condemned to create in silence until they die, never hearing the echo of their written words, then that is not only their personal tragedy, but a sorrow to the whole nation, a danger to the whole nation.
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Just before this we had by the roadside a common looking Arab burial-place, named _Shaikh Sad_; probably from some Mohammedan devotee of that name interred there; and among the stones about the graves is a fragment of an ancient cornice, deeply sculptured in the pattern here shown.
Byeways in Palestine James Finn
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The word "interred" is used a couple of times when I suspect that "interned" is actually meant.
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The deceased is always "interred," or he may be "laid to rest," or his
Walking-Stick Papers Robert Cortes Holliday
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As per his will, he was cremated and his ashes were interred in a custom-crafted urn.
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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As per his will, he was cremated and his ashes were interred in a custom-crafted urn.
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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As per his will, he was cremated and his ashes were interred in a custom-crafted urn.
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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As per his will, he was cremated and his ashes were interred in a custom-crafted urn.
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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As per his will, he was cremated and his ashes were interred in a custom-crafted urn.
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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As per his will, he was cremated and his ashes were interred in a custom-crafted urn.
The Codex Continual. Official Website of Steven E. Schend 2009
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