inhumed

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in·hume

(ĭn-hyo͞om′)

tr.v. in·humed, in·hum·ing, in·humes

To place in a grave; bury.

[French inhumer, from Old French, from Latin inhumāre : in-, in; see in-² + humus, earth; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]

in′hu·ma′tion n.

in·hum′er n.

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inhumed - placed in a grave; "the hastily buried corpses"

buried, interred

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It was, however, two years before poor Milligan ceased to complain that they had buried the leg in so narrow a box that it was straitened for room; he could feel the pain shooting up from the inhumed fragment into the living members.

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For his part, Martyr Qassem Fahd Hatoum was buried in Radouf, while martyr Sheikh Mahdi Youssef Moqdad was inhumed in Rawdat al-Shahidayn in Ghobeiry, according to the news agency.