interment
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Synonyms & Antonyms for interment
Synonyms
burial, burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepulture
Antonyms
disinterment, exhumation, unearthing
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Skuodas came from Lithuania and spent six childhood years in an interment camp in Germany. — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Arts Prize will again recognize John Pearson and the late Audra Skuodas," 27 Aug. 2019 The church is planning to restore the memorial, including interment of the ashes. — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, "Memorial pillars, containing parishioners’ ashes, destroyed at Baptist church in Centennial," 20 Aug. 2019 However, there is one potential hitch in her plans: Another person, a board member, also wants to have the pick of this litter with the first interment. — Clarence Williams, chicagotribune.com, "District of Columbia’s first pet cemetery to open at a historic graveyard," 11 July 2019 Overwhelmed by the number of unclaimed dead, local authorities soon ran out of money for interment, leaving plots to be dug by volunteers. — Matthew Wolfe, Harper's magazine, "Without a Trace," 10 Feb. 2019 On Friday, Hogan ordered state flags flown at half-staff until Mitchell’s interment. — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, "R. Clayton Mitchell Jr., former Maryland House speaker, dies at 83," 14 June 2019 Lapeer County Veterans Affairs will host a June 13 tour of the Great Lakes National Cemetery, available for veterans and their families to learn about interment and burial benefits at the cemetery. — Emma Keith, Detroit Free Press, "Veterans can learn how to get free burial plots at bus tour to national cemetery," 5 June 2019 Eleven feet wide, it was discovered inside a gold casket inside a bronze casket inside a stone pagoda — a layered, ritualized interment nearly as lavish as anything in ancient Egypt. — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "Review: LACMA’s ‘Art of Korean Writing’ reveals the brilliance in each brushstroke," 29 June 2019 Sunday's funeral service will be followed by interment at Highland Lawn Cemetery at 11:30 a.m., the museum said. — Crystal Hill, Indianapolis Star, "Indianapolis, Terre Haute memorials set for Holocaust survivor and Hoosier Eva Kor," 16 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'interment.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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