as in buried
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 entombed
While Soviet authorities entombed that plant in concrete, Tokyo decided on a very different approach — the Fukushima Dai-ichi facility would be entirely dismantled.
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Yusuke Maekawa, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Even followers of British royalty can make a heritage visit to the final resting place of Princess Alice of Battenberg, grandmother of King Charles, who is entombed on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Two ancient wolf pups found entombed in Siberian permafrost more than a decade ago are revealing new stories, thanks to rich DNA clues preserved inside their bodies.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, a new project exploring Pompeii uncovered a stone staircase that could reconstruct what the ancient Roman city’s skyline once looked like before a volcanic eruption in AD 79 entombed it in a thick layer of ash.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
Although the city demolished the long-vacant behemoth from its modest skyline about nine months ago, its remains lie entombed where the building once stood, and temporarily block the beginning of a new chapter of Marysville history.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Acutis was entombed in Assisi, where millions flocked to see him through glass, dressed in jeans, Nike sneakers and a sweatshirt.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 7 Sep. 2025
The offcuts were entombed, encased in this diamond and preserved.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
Photographs—memories entombed and then sent flying around the web—saturate our digital lives.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Yusuke Maekawa, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
Even followers of British royalty can make a heritage visit to the final resting place of Princess Alice of Battenberg, grandmother of King Charles, who is entombed on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Two ancient wolf pups found entombed in Siberian permafrost more than a decade ago are revealing new stories, thanks to rich DNA clues preserved inside their bodies.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, a new project exploring Pompeii uncovered a stone staircase that could reconstruct what the ancient Roman city’s skyline once looked like before a volcanic eruption in AD 79 entombed it in a thick layer of ash.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
Although the city demolished the long-vacant behemoth from its modest skyline about nine months ago, its remains lie entombed where the building once stood, and temporarily block the beginning of a new chapter of Marysville history.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Acutis was entombed in Assisi, where millions flocked to see him through glass, dressed in jeans, Nike sneakers and a sweatshirt.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 7 Sep. 2025
The offcuts were entombed, encased in this diamond and preserved.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
Photographs—memories entombed and then sent flying around the web—saturate our digital lives.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entombed
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The senior buried a header into the net for the only score of the game.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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Kymora Johnson buried an icy 3 and broke a late tie.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Navy personnel worked until April 1942 to recover remains of the crew, which were interred in the Halawa and Nu'uanu Cemeteries in Hawaii.—
Stephen Smith,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Later, the victims’ ashes were interred in a modest columbarium that the priest had built in a Catholic cemetery.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Entombed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entombed. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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