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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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But her ashes are now inside her daughter’s apartment because the family couldn’t afford the more than $10,000 for a burial.

— Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
Craig and Sarah have each been charged with failure to report a corpse of a child and disturbing a human burial site, both felonies, according to their respective court records.

— Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

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Matheson was a married father of four who lived in Utah, according to a GoFundMe page created to raise money for funeral costs and other expenses.

— Tony Marrero, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Five people are facing charges after a traffic stop following a funeral in Boynton Beach, as new video raises questions about the force used during the arrests.

— Paige Meyer, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

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