embalm
verb (used with object)
to treat (a dead body) so as to preserve it, as with chemicals, drugs, or balsams.
embalmed
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past participleof embalm.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof embalm.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
embalmverb (used with object)to treat (a dead body) so as to preserve it, as with chemicals, drugs, or balsams.
Example Sentences
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And Stalin himself, whose body was initially interred in the same mausoleum that housed the embalmed Vladimir Lenin, was subjected to criticism for some of his evil deeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Lukashenko visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun -- where Kim's embalmed father and grandfather lie in state -- to pay his respects, flanked by top North Korean officials, the report said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
A pilgrimage to the oldest concrete road in America detours to meeting a descendant of the undertaker who embalmed Chef Boyardee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
In 2012, the team said it received “problematic” documents from coroners detailing how one infant wasn’t autopsied until after its body was embalmed and how another’s death certificate didn’t match what the autopsy found.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2024
Animals from foreign lands, preserved in formaldehyde or embalmed and stuffed with sawdust.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
