ENTOMBING Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in burial

the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place the entombing of the pharaohs in the pyramids must have been a magnificent sight

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verb

present participle of entomb

as in burying

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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This past February, what remained suddenly fell, entombing several squatters. — Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026 The entrance of the cave was filled with concrete, entombing the body inside. — Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025

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Campbell cautioned that this doesn’t mean that the hundreds of other burials in these areas were also victims of human sacrifice.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
This particular set of remains—46 crania stored at Cambridge University—came from the Umm el-Qaab cemetery, which contains subsidiary burials presumed to be retainers of deceased First Dynasty rulers.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of burial

Verb

The year after that, heavy rains pummeled the burn scar, burying buildings and vehicles under mud and debris.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Revenue suffered during the shutdown, burying the company in a hole of debt with little chance of climbing out.

— Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

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Flynn received credit for 229 days already spent in jail and was ordered to pay $20,000 in restitution for funeral expenses, along with court costs.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Friends, including Muslims, and relatives gathered at the Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City to pay their respects during the funeral of the Christian mother and daughter.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of funeral

Noun

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

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