TOMBED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

tombed

verb

past tense of tomb

as in buried

to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea Forest Lawn is where many of Tinseltown's immortals are tombed for all eternity

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First, Protas buried a cross-zone feed from Alex Ovechkin to give Washington the 2-1 lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
The grave contained no grave goods — objects buried alongside the dead — but archaeologists were able to estimate its age based on the skeleton's crouched position and the grave's relationship to the nearby settlement and one of its houses.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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The spores inside him are alive and well and ready to spread should his unpreserved body be interred in the soil.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Following the service, the King will be interred in the Royal Mausoleum at Akershus Fortress, alongside the late King Haakon VII, Queen Maud, King Olav V & Crown Princess Märtha.

— Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

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