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entombment

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of entombment

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place

  • the entombment of President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery
Synonyms of entombment

burial, burying, entombing, inhumation, interment, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepulture
Words Related to entombment

embalmment, funeral

immurement, inurnment

reburial, reinterment
Near Antonyms of entombment

cremation
Antonyms of entombment

disinterment, exhumation, unearthing

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