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entombment

noun

Definition of entombment

as in burial

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place the entombment of President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery

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Recent Examples of entombment The snow eventually hardens like a concrete entombment. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026 City and county governments set local rules covering burials, inurnments, entombments and the upkeep of cemeteries, mausoleums and columbariums, according to state law. — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025 Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025 And so, with no water left at the surface, major subduction zones would grind to a halt, preventing the entombment of carbon dioxide. — Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025 Help came in the form of a shy, 15-year-old named Justin Vannelli who, on the third day of her entombment, was picking up trash along the interstate. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025

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Among the items back on Greek soil are black- and red-figure vessels, some with handles, decorated with scenes from Greek mythology, and would have been used in everyday life or as burial offerings.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Similar memorial and burial ceremonies will be held Thursday in three other parts of Vietnam, with the remains of what are believed to be 93 people to be buried in Tuyen Quang province.

— Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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That strike prevented the landing of an Iranian flight carrying a Houthi delegation returning from the funeral of Iran’s supreme leader, who had been killed in the opening strikes of the war in February.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
The next morning, Helen’s daughter, Maribeth, drove to Aberdeen with her father and brothers for Rudolf’s funeral.

— Meghan O'Brien, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026

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