entombment
- a word derived from entomb.
Example Sentences
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Well, wouldn’t you go snorkeling around a solemn mass entombment if you got the chance, too?
From Slate • May 16, 2026
Massive blast doors that looked like they belonged on the largest bank vault in the universe were supposed to keep us safe, though in a nuclear war they might only have ensured our entombment.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025
KRAKOW, Poland — On a slab in the middle of the stage is the body of an elderly man, being prepared for entombment.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023
It’s a solitary, nocturnal job, but entombment works for Sol.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022
Heavy floods caused the entombment of six men at the Buck Run Colliery, at Mount Pleasant, and a rescuing party worked up to their necks in water to get the men out alive.
From The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado by Marshall, Logan
