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How to pronounce entomb in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bury, inhume, inter, lay to rest
Type of lay, put down, repose
Derivation entombment


The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids.

Examples of entomb

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Friends become stranded in a town where murderous twins entomb their victims in wax.
From the post-gazette.com
They may find that the simplest thing is to entomb it and walk away from it for a few years.
From the bloomberg.com
Estimated to cost between $25 million and $50 million, the wall will entomb the remaining ash.
From the kentucky.com
Why didn't TEPCO or the Japanese government entomb the reactors?
From the infowars.com
Victor got Vivian to admit she planned to entomb Maggie and then walked out, as Vivian remained trapped.
From the orlandosentinel.com
After a long debate the authorities decided to entomb the beast where it lay, by pouring concrete over it.
From the newscientist.com
The sun had long melted the snow and ice that entomb this area in winter, and the walking was reasonably easy.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The underground office is a hot, ear-splitting environment where seismic shifts can entomb miners under tons of rock.
From the online.wsj.com
Once engineers had reduced the well pressure to zero, they were to begin pumping cement into the hole to entomb the well.
From the bostonherald.com
More examples
  • Bury: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
  • Entombment (also referred to as safe enclosure) of a nuclear reactor is a method of Nuclear decommissioning in which radioactive contaminants are encased in a structurally long-lived material, such as concrete, that will last for a period of time to ensure the remaining radioactivity is no ...
  • A tomb (from Greek: u03C4u03CDu03BCu03B2u03BFu03C2 tumbos) is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes.
  • (Entombed (album)) Entombed is a 1997 self-titled compilation album by Swedish metal band Entombed that contains reedition of tracks previously released on EPs.
  • (Entombed (band)) Entombed is a Swedish death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist. Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal, by the early 1990s their sound had broadened to include hardcore punk and other influences. ...
  • (Entombed (video game)) Entombed is a video game for the Commodore 64 developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1984. It is the first sequel to The Staff of Karnath, and features the same aristocrat adventurer, Sir Arthur Pendragon.
  • To deposit in a tomb
  • (Entombed) The casketed or cremated remains placed in a mausoleum.
  • To place in or serve as a tomb or grave.