entomb
verb
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bury, hearse, inhume, inter, lay, put away, tomb
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An Oregon man's life savings almost ended up entombed in a California landfill. — Fox News, "Oregon man reunited with nearly $23G discovered in shoe box at recycling sorting facility in California," 5 Aug. 2019 Frances Farmer died at the age of 56 after a battle with esophageal cancer and is entombed at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens in Fishers, within the first level of Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Chapel mausoleum. — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, "Dillinger, Dean and more: 12 famous graves in Indiana," 7 Aug. 2019 Within the mausoleum, there is a crypt for families who have lost an infant or had a stillborn child, to entomb their children at no cost. — Alexandra Desanctis, National Review, "The Church Challenging Washington State’s One-Size-Fits-All Abortion Requirement," 10 July 2019 They were carbonized in the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, entombed underground for more than a millennium and discovered 267 years ago — the pages of papyrus fused together like rings of an oak. — Washington Post, "How do you read ancient scrolls too brittle to unfurl? An American scientist may have an answer.," 2 July 2019 How is that going to get into a marine environment to entomb a living, moving cephalopod? — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, "This ancient sea creature fossilized in tree resin. How'd that happen?," 13 May 2019 Thirty-five years ago, three young men from wealthy families kidnapped a bus full of 26 schoolchildren and their driver in this San Joaquin Valley community and entombed them in a rock quarry. — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, "From the Archives: The 1976 Chowchilla bus kidnapping," 15 July 2019 The Peoria Diocese says family and friends prayed to the late Sheen to intercede, and the baby was transferred to a Peoria hospital near the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, where Sheen was ordained in 1919 and is now entombed. — BostonGlobe.com, "Italian rescue ship docks in Italian port against ban," 6 July 2019 While history has not recorded the circumstances surrounding this encounter, the remnants of these Cretaceous species, interlocked in combat, became entombed under a pile of sandstone. — Jeremy P. Jacobs, Science | AAAS, "Are dinosaur fossils ‘minerals’? The Montana Supreme Court will decide high stakes case," 10 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'entomb.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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