as in buried
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 entombed
Lick died at age 80 just a few months later and is entombed at the observatory.
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Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
The hospital simply put identifying stickers on the bicycles and entombed them far from public view.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
And the researchers say these practices, such as kin being entombed together, likely came from Roman culture.
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Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2026
Sunny had been missing for hours when someone realized he was entombed under a driveway.
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Mark Price
april 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Apr. 2026
While Soviet authorities entombed that plant in concrete, Tokyo decided on a very different approach — the Fukushima Dai-ichi facility would be entirely dismantled.
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Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
Even followers of British royalty can make a heritage visit to the final resting place of Princess Alice of Battenberg, grandmother of King Charles, who is entombed on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives.
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Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Two ancient wolf pups found entombed in Siberian permafrost more than a decade ago are revealing new stories, thanks to rich DNA clues preserved inside their bodies.
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Evan Bush,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, a new project exploring Pompeii uncovered a stone staircase that could reconstruct what the ancient Roman city’s skyline once looked like before a volcanic eruption in AD 79 entombed it in a thick layer of ash.
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Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Dec. 2025
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
The hospital simply put identifying stickers on the bicycles and entombed them far from public view.
—
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
And the researchers say these practices, such as kin being entombed together, likely came from Roman culture.
—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2026
Sunny had been missing for hours when someone realized he was entombed under a driveway.
—
Mark Price
april 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Apr. 2026
While Soviet authorities entombed that plant in concrete, Tokyo decided on a very different approach — the Fukushima Dai-ichi facility would be entirely dismantled.
—
Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
Even followers of British royalty can make a heritage visit to the final resting place of Princess Alice of Battenberg, grandmother of King Charles, who is entombed on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives.
—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Two ancient wolf pups found entombed in Siberian permafrost more than a decade ago are revealing new stories, thanks to rich DNA clues preserved inside their bodies.
—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, a new project exploring Pompeii uncovered a stone staircase that could reconstruct what the ancient Roman city’s skyline once looked like before a volcanic eruption in AD 79 entombed it in a thick layer of ash.
—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entombed
Verb
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What was left of other buildings were buried under piles of their own debris.
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Long ago, the blue-skinned inhabitants committed genocide against a race of purple-skinned aliens and buried their bones beneath the earth, an event in which Krem was involved.
Verb
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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.
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The hand positions of those interred also differed.
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“Entombed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entombed. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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