as in to bury
to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea
a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground
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Recent Examples of entomb
Her skin, ears and even eyelashes were still intact after 50,000 years entombed in ice.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Or, as is still practiced by the Toraja of Indonesia, you might be preserved and entombed and brought out once every few years for family photographs.
—Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Even before Pope Francis was entombed in a Rome basilica on Saturday, conservative cardinals who felt his pontificate was a divisive disaster that endangered the church’s traditions had begun politicking to sway the conclave electing the next pope.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
At the white marble monument in Chapultepec Park, which this week was crowded with families enjoying spring break, many stopped to take pictures in front of the monument where the remains of the Niños Heroes are entombed.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Or, as is still practiced by the Toraja of Indonesia, you might be preserved and entombed and brought out once every few years for family photographs.
—Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Even before Pope Francis was entombed in a Rome basilica on Saturday, conservative cardinals who felt his pontificate was a divisive disaster that endangered the church’s traditions had begun politicking to sway the conclave electing the next pope.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
At the white marble monument in Chapultepec Park, which this week was crowded with families enjoying spring break, many stopped to take pictures in front of the monument where the remains of the Niños Heroes are entombed.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entomb
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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins buried a left circle wrister to cut the Panthers lead to 3-1, 3:33 into the second period.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2025
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Many in Israel see such a confrontation as the best option—even though Iran’s nuclear facilities are spread across its territory, and some are buried deep underground, making any military campaign likely to be drawn-out, complicated, and hazardous.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2025
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The pontiff was interred at the basilica on Saturday, after his wooden coffin was driven through the streets of Rome on the popemobile, passing the Colosseum and thousands of mourners on its way.—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
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Many of history’s earliest pharaohs also chose to be interred there inside a sprawling royal necropolis near Anubis Mountain.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Entomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entomb. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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