as in to bury
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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Recent Examples of entomb
Being entombed alive is an apt metaphor for a populace that had its civic freedoms squashed by the Assad dynasty for half a century.
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
The remains of more than 900 Arizona crew members are entombed in the submerged vessel beneath a memorial in their honor.
—Audrey McAvoy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Once the animals died and became buried in layers of sediment over time, some of them became entombed in a mineral known as siderite, which solidified and formed a nodule around the remains.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
After their trip to Italy (which ends with them standing in the ocean, waves crashing into their waists, a literal storm approaching on the horizon), the Brigstockes steadily entomb themselves in their home.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
The remains of more than 900 Arizona crew members are entombed in the submerged vessel beneath a memorial in their honor.
—Audrey McAvoy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Once the animals died and became buried in layers of sediment over time, some of them became entombed in a mineral known as siderite, which solidified and formed a nodule around the remains.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
After their trip to Italy (which ends with them standing in the ocean, waves crashing into their waists, a literal storm approaching on the horizon), the Brigstockes steadily entomb themselves in their home.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
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The election of a pope can be interrupted, not stopped The pope's funeral will end when his wooden coffin is taken in procession from St. Peter's Basilica to the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, the church in Rome where he will be buried.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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But Pope Francis chose to be buried in Rome, at the Basilica of St. Mary Major — about 2.5 miles away.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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The remains were interred at U.S. Military Cemetery Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, near Omaha Beach, and marked as X-159 St. Laurent.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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When Willie Lincoln, the third son of President Lincoln, died at age 11 of typhoid fever, he was interred in a mausoleum in Oak Hill Cemetery.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Entomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entomb. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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