ENTOMBMENT Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

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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The risk of transmission also limits contact with the patients even after death, depriving families of closure and the opportunity to observe their preferred burial rites.

— Constant Same Bagalwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
However, local governments have their own ordinances regarding pet burials.

— Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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The attack struck the Greek Orthodox Church during a funeral in Karak, about 55 miles south of the capital, Amman, on Friday.

— Omar Akour, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
On Sunday, Jordan’s Queen Rania and Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah attended a funeral held for the victims while Jordan’s King Abdullah II visited the injured in the hospital earlier.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

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