to reinter

Examples

• All

• After the historical review, the ancient relics were carefully reinterred in their original burial site.

• The bodies were carefully reinterred, according to Fortenberry, but some of the original structures remain. "Just out of sheer curiosity, we thought, why not try to get into the next chamber?" Fortenberry says.

  Academic text (2009)

• Most of the bones that were not damaged appear to have been left alone or haphazardly reinterred.

  Academic text (2009)

• "I don't know why they reinterred her today," Anya suddenly said with passion in her voice.

  Fiction book (1994)

• A quick call to Woodland Mill Cemetery this morning confirmed that Mr. Buchanan was safely reinterred yesterday afternoon without incident.

  Raising Buchanan (2019)

• In 1907, the U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Company offered to reinter the buried, with very few families agreeing.

  Blog text (1)

• Despite cultural differences and the personal enmities Indians may have for one another, they share the desire to keep their ancestors resting in peace (not in pieces) as well as the desire to reinter those remains that have been disturbed.

  Academic text (1996)

• Later, Forrest would be hoisted out of Elmwood and reinterred in his own park downtown, under a statue of himself riding a composite horse.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The bones recovered so far will be reinterred in a graveyard vault by the current governor, Sir Richard Gozney, and the Reverend Raths in June.

  Academic text (2009)

• In June, we will reinter my grandmother in the family plot at the local church.

Synonyms

B

to bury

vsto reinter

∞ 1.7

To put something in the ground and cover it with soil, for example a body or treasure

involves repeating that act for a dead person rather than a single burial event

L

to lay to rest

vsto reinter

30 4.0

To bury someone after a funeral

applies to the initial funeral burial, not to moving and placing again underground

E

to entomb

vsto reinter

12 8.1

To put a dead body in a tomb or enclose something as if buried

involves repeating this placement rather than a single enclosing burial

I

to inter

vsto reinter

• Formal

9 8.7

To put a dead body in a grave

involves doing that again rather than the initial burial

R

to rebury

vsto reinter

3 6.3

To put a dead body or object back in the ground after people dig it up

is the same action but uses a different, less common word form

T

to tomb

vsto reinter

• Archaic

1 9.3

To put a dead person into a grave

means doing this again, not the single ceremony or first burial

I

to inhume

vsto reinter

• Specialized

9.9

To put a dead body in a grave or tomb

is used when the burial happens again, not just the first time

S

to sepulcher

vsto reinter

• Literature

9.9

To put a dead body in a tomb during a ceremony

focuses on repeating the burial act rather than the formal ritual

Antonyms

E

to exhume

• Specialized

35 8.1

To dig up a body from the ground for checking or burying again

How Formal

to entomb

12 8.1

to reinter

1 8.6

to rebury

3 6.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology