entombment
- 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
It’s a solitary, nocturnal job, but entombment works for Sol.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
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
Abdu’l-Bahá’s incarceration and the perils and anxieties consequent upon it had resulted in the downfall of ‘Abdu’l-Ḥamíd, in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s release from His confinement, in the entombment of the Báb’s remains on Mt.
From God Passes By by Shoghi Effendi
