entombing 1 of 2

noun

as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place the entombing of the pharaohs in the pyramids must have been a magnificent sight

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entombing

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verb

present participle of entomb
as in burying
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 entombing
Verb
The entrance of the cave was filled with concrete, entombing the body inside. — Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entombing
  1. burial
  2. burying
  3. funeral
  4. entombment
Noun
  • The victim’s cousin launched a GoFundMe that raised $540 as of Wednesday evening for her burial.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Warmooge’s mother, Saluugla, refuses to bury her son without justice, believing burial without accountability would erase his death.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of burial
Verb
  • In Bosnia, people are still identifying and burying their dead 31 years after the Srebrenica massacre.
    — Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
  • For the three children of the stranger who had returned to seek refuge, fifteen years had passed between the collective joy of independence and the personal tragedy of burying their father in a graveyard already full of their uncles’ memories.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of burying
Noun
  • DeLeo and her family were spending Saturday at home preparing for their nephew’s 4th birthday party, one day before they were supposed to drive to Uniontown for the funeral of their beloved aunt, when the alert about the fire came.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Details about a memorial service or funeral have not been released at this time.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of funeral
Noun
  • The snow eventually hardens like a concrete entombment.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
  • City and county governments set local rules covering burials, inurnments, entombments and the upkeep of cemeteries, mausoleums and columbariums, according to state law.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Entombing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entombing. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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