as in buries
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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More typically, a manifesto buries its author’s crimes beneath layers of pseudo-intellectual baloney.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
28 Apr. 2026 -
The story switches between the present day and 1990s Camden, at the height of Cool Britannia and begins in the sweltering summer of 1995 as a man buries a body during a violent storm.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Entombs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entombs. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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