entomb
verb (used with object)
to place in a tomb; bury; inter.
entombment
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a word derived from
entomb.
Example Sentences
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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
In 1998, 14 years after the Vietnam-era soldier’s entombment, he was exhumed and positively identified as Air Force Lt.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
The air inside felt stale, and I started to imagine all of the souls that once resided in this icy entombment.
From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2021
And through the spells he had received from his father all those who trusted in him, and shared in his death and entombment, were also “raised to life.”
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
