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adjective

as in hidden

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verb

past tense of bury
1
as in interred
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea he died on Tuesday and was buried on Friday

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2
as in concealed
to put into a hiding place buried his face in his hands as his wife recounted the embarrassing incident

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3
as in bombed
to defeat by a large margin if we don't work harder, the other softball team will bury us

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Recent Examples of buried
Verb
Four-month-old Maytie Raker was buried in 1906 without a grave marker. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 More than 600 people have been killed, homes buried to the ground and entire villages washed away in the aftermath. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 Or perhaps, in this case, at roughly 190 mph with the throttle buried and someone shouting into a radio. — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Gatwood believes the statue may have been used as garden art and that it was eventually buried with time. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The body of the Venezuelan dissident, who had sought political asylum in Chile, was found inside a suitcase buried beneath a cement slab in Santiago, the capital. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 All but two people in the group of fifteen — one client and one guide who had momentarily fallen behind the group because of an equipment issue — were buried by the wall of snow that came off the mountain. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 All but two people in the group of 15 — one client and one guide who had momentarily fallen behind the group because of an equipment issue — were buried by the wall of snow that came off the mountain. — Tribune News Service, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 Two soldiers recovered during that investigation were buried at Arlington National Cemetery in 2018. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buried
  1. hidden
  2. interred
  3. concealed
  4. bombed
  5. disguised
  6. whipped
  7. shrouded
  8. smothered
Adjective
  • The Sun quincunxes Pluto, highlighting where careful effort meets control issues, hidden pressure, or shifting priorities.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Clarke pursued authenticity ingeniously, using tiny, hidden radio microphones that transmitted to tape recorder from afar, in order to capture dialogue with maximal spontaneity.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of hidden
Verb
  • Nisa Torer, 14, and 56-year-old Nihat Balyemez were interred in the southern city of Gaziantep, while Huseyin Ozdemir was buried in Silifke, Mersin province.
    — Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • According to People, Dean was interred in a mausoleum at the cemetery.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of interred
Verb
  • Under-eye shadows, bags and lower-lid definition get played up instead of concealed.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
  • States alleged that Meta’s internal research documented links between Instagram use and harms including depression, anxiety and body-image concerns among young people, while the company publicly minimized or concealed those risks.
    — Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of concealed
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  • Initially arriving from the west, from cities like Hamburg and Berlin that had already been bombed by the Allies, even more refugees poured in from the east in late 1944 and early 1945.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Paid off the witch, but Practical Magic still bombed on initial release.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of bombed
Adjective
  • The highly disguised initial view of the model undergoing final testing showed the luxury marque deviating away from its traditional upright boxy off-road SUVs into a new territory.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
  • Or did a Greek soldier really kill a disguised Athena, breaking Zeus’s law in its most primal form?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Definition of disguised
Verb
  • Cheese foam is a smooth and slightly salty whipped foam topping popular in boba drinks.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Outside a fierce storm lashed down, wind whipped against the wood planks, thunder shook the ground, water streamed through cracks and floated into the shack.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of whipped
Adjective
  • And yet, to those who are unfamiliar with its inner workings, the pageant world might appear shrouded in mystery.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Liberia’s agreement to accept up to 1,200 deportees from the US remains shrouded in mystery a day after the first 20 arrivals landed in Monrovia, leaving many wondering what Liberia is getting in return.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of shrouded
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  • When the restaurant itself opens, diners can also expect to see Giancarlo’s take on his grandmother’s spaghetti & blue crab, smothered in Sunday gravy and spaghetti tossed in the same sauce, topped with fresh basil.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Open for breakfast and lunch, the eatery sticks largely to the classics—think omelets, pancakes, eggs Benedict, and plenty of biscuits, best enjoyed smothered in gravy, of course.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of smothered

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“Buried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buried. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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