HEARSE Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

hearse

verb

Definition of hearse

as in to inter

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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Recent Examples of hearse This can also include autos such as ambulances, work trucks, hearses, etc. — Block Advisors Contributor, Forbes.com, 15 Jan. 2026 Police vans and hearses were among the only available vehicles large enough to transport someone lying down. — Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025 There was Ozzy’s hearse up front and the family in about five black SUVs following us. — Steve Knopper, Billboard, 30 July 2025 Prior to his death, Philip specified his funeral plans and laid out the arrangements, from the music to the custom Land Rover hearse. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026 Each day brings more permanent residents, arriving in black hearses trailing solemn convoys of hazard-flashing cars to a place still served by generations of locals who cut granite memorials or pour sympathetic whiskeys. — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025

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If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news.

— Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
After his lie in state honor at the Idaho Capitol and a public funeral in May, Kempthorne was interred at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise.

— Kevin Fixler June 26, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2026

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But instead of trying to make the turn, Diene laid the ball off for Baker, who buried a one-timer into the left side of the net.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026
In addition, the group plans to bury a time capsule on July 4 in Philadelphia to be opened on America's 500th birthday in 2276.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of bury

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