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
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.
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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
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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Wrapped in a towel, barely stirring, but slightly breathing, was a newborn baby girl buried beneath a foot of earth.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Instead, town officials buried him in a pauper’s grave.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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She was later interred at Fairview Cemetery.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Navy personnel collected the remains of the fallen sailors from December 1941 to April 1942, which were interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries, the statement said.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Entombed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entombed. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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