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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Today, the gold entombed within the Pacific is estimated to be worth upward of $5 million.
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Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
This is one of the director’s better recent efforts, more soaring and less entombed in his cynical, snarky worldview.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 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
Being entombed alive is an apt metaphor for a populace that had its civic freedoms squashed by the Assad dynasty for half a century.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
This is one of the director’s better recent efforts, more soaring and less entombed in his cynical, snarky worldview.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 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
Being entombed alive is an apt metaphor for a populace that had its civic freedoms squashed by the Assad dynasty for half a century.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for entomb
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“Entomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entomb. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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