inurn

verb

Definition of inurnnext
as in to put away

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Recent Examples of inurn The proposal also would end burial eligibility for military retirees but still allow them to be inurned aboveground, according to a comparison of the new proposals and current rules on the cemetery’s website. — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019 The proposal also would end burial eligibility for military retirees but still allow them to be inurned above ground, according to a comparison of the new proposals and current rules on the cemetery’s website. — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019 They will be inurned with full military honors at an in-ground vault at a private cemetery in Manassas, Va. — Michael E. Ruane, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2018 The cremains will be inurned with full military honors at an in-ground vault at a private cemetery in Manassas, the statement said. — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 30 May 2018 Virginia will be cremated and inurned in the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC with her husband. — Orlando Sentinel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inurn
  1. put away
  2. inter
  3. inhume
  4. bury
  5. enshrine
Verb
  • Experts generally recommend having three to six months’ worth of expenses put away for emergencies.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Hartford Courant As personal agendas were put away, and new work habits were established, the Huskies started 5-5-1 before getting a big win over Boston College Nov. 15.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of put away
Verb
  • Among the hundreds of soldiers who are interred at the cemetery are three of Mykola’s friends.
    — Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Because limited space there makes burials a challenge, the traditional Cuban practice is to bury the deceased for six to eight months and then to exhume and inter the remaining bones, Rivero says.
    — Collin Blinder, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Definition of inter
Verb
  • In the touring production presented by Broadway in Boston and inhumed at the Citizens Bank Opera House through May 14, the life we’re given gets all the bells and whistles, not to mention props and wisecracks.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Rather than inhume Bubbles and Freddy, Papdale students opted for a funeral at sea.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Mar. 2017
Definition of inhume
Verb
  • Play defense straight up and Bueckers will bury them.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The structure is made of opus reticulatum—bricks laid in a diamond pattern—and contains a volcanic rock called tuff: details suggesting high status individuals were buried here, as Artnet News’ Richard Whiddington reports.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
Definition of bury
Verb
  • Have the protections enshrined in the First Amendment been supplanted by the dictates of the administration?
    — Orlando Sentinel and Virginian Pilot Editorial Boards, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Proponents of Black suffrage rights fought hard to ensure that the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship and equal protection guarantees, enshrined in its first clause, were coupled with an apportionment penalty provision, its second clause.
    — Made by History, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of enshrine

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“Inurn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inurn. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.

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