entombment

as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place the entombment of President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery

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Recent Examples of entombment Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment. Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025 And so, with no water left at the surface, major subduction zones would grind to a halt, preventing the entombment of carbon dioxide. Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 Help came in the form of a shy, 15-year-old named Justin Vannelli who, on the third day of her entombment, was picking up trash along the interstate. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Originally an agricultural town, cemeteries began to take root in Colma after a 1901 ordinance banned new burials within San Francisco’s city limits, a decision driven by limited real estate and a booming population.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Bereaved families weep at a mass burial held just after the cease-fire.
    Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Following a funeral in Odinga’s home region, tensions will run high, and four were indeed killed last week in Nairobi after security forces fired shots and teargas to disperse crowds mourning Odinga.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Jasmine Beverley held a funeral service for her son, Sunny Beverley-Conlin, in the city of Hull in England in June 2022 after giving birth prematurely that May, according to the BBC.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Entombment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entombment. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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