reinter
verb
re·in·ter
(ˌ)rē-in-ˈtər 
reinterred; reinterring
: to inter (a dead body) again
Years later, those killed in earlier wars were reinterred and buried at Arlington, so that the cemetery now contains the bodies of servicemen from every war since the revolution.—
Emily Jashinsky
Emily Jashinsky
reinterment
noun
plural reinterments
So prevalent were grave robberies that the pharaohs' loyal retainers often spirited away their masters' remains for reinterment in secret graves.
—Paul Martin
Paul Martin
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Ever since 2008, a group of residents here has been searching for a place to build a memorial and reinter the remains of African Americans whose nearby burial ground was taken over by municipal projects.
—Jane Margolies, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
Reburials are delayed while the state has yet to distribute money necessary to fix the cemeteries and reinter them in new graves.
—Longreads, 9 Mar. 2022
In September of 1899, his body was exhumed by Cuban authorities to reinter him at a monument in his honor.
—Griffin Black, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2020
Kukana Kama-Toth, vice chair of the Waimanalo Neighborhood Board, who helped reinter the remains, said they were treated with respect and protocols were followed.
—Sophie Cocke, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2020
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Jane Margolies, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
Reburials are delayed while the state has yet to distribute money necessary to fix the cemeteries and reinter them in new graves.
—Longreads, 9 Mar. 2022
In September of 1899, his body was exhumed by Cuban authorities to reinter him at a monument in his honor.
—Griffin Black, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2020
Kukana Kama-Toth, vice chair of the Waimanalo Neighborhood Board, who helped reinter the remains, said they were treated with respect and protocols were followed.
—Sophie Cocke, ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2020
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“Reinter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reinter. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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