HEARSED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

hearsed

verb

past tense of hearse

as in interred

to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea the cemetery hearses an average of eight bodies a week

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By comparison, according to the study, the burial robes of King Sigismund III Vasa and Queen Constance of Habsburg, interred around the same time in Kraków in southern Poland, contain not a single pure gold thread.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Burr Oak was the area’s first cemetery to allow blacks to be interred there, and countless African American families would bury relatives there over the years.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

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Valentine went down early in camp with a hamstring injury, was replaced by Cisse and has been buried since.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
These included a child buried face down, a skeleton positioned as in a crucifixion, graves with stones placed around the skull as if to prevent biting or movement, as well as other graves with sickles and padlocks.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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