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
That means the bodies weren’t treated or stored properly, with the funeral home failing to embalm, refrigerate, cremate, bury or entomb the remains within 24 hours of taking custody, according to the suspension documents.
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
Diablo Canyon’s reactors are entombed in concrete and sit in separate buildings adjacent to the structure that houses the turbines and generators for both of the plant’s reactors.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
Photographs—memories entombed and then sent flying around the web—saturate our digital lives.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
If a 3-ton truck like that is buried, Tillman thought, what else could be entombed at their feet?
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 July 2025
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
Diablo Canyon’s reactors are entombed in concrete and sit in separate buildings adjacent to the structure that houses the turbines and generators for both of the plant’s reactors.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
Photographs—memories entombed and then sent flying around the web—saturate our digital lives.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
If a 3-ton truck like that is buried, Tillman thought, what else could be entombed at their feet?
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 July 2025
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In July 2024, Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial ended by being dismissed with prejudice after his attorneys argued that prosecutors had buried evidence.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin has historically struggled to bury chances, while attackers Noah Okafor, Daniel James and Wilfried Gnonto are all struggling to keep fit behind him.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Odd Fellows Cemetery, where Sammy is interred, is the last such cemetery in Sacramento.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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She was later interred at Fairview Cemetery.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Entomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entomb. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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