entombing
present participle ofentomb
entomb
verb[Toften passive]
formaluk/ɪnˈtuːm/us/ɪnˈtuːm/toburysomeone or something:
Thenuclearwastehas been entombedinconcretedeepunder theground.
Synonyms
bury(COVER WITH EARTH, ETC.)
interformal
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- dunk
- enclosure
- fencesomethingin
- fencesomethingoff
- flooding
- gather
- gift wrap
- gift-wrapped
- siege
- steep
- steepsomething/someoneinsomething
- submersion
- swaddle
- swallow
- swamp
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Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
Examplesofentombing
entombing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Interestingly, it is around the issue ofentombingas a form of respect for important individuals associated with the respective struggles.
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The animals may have fallen through ice into small ponds or potholes,entombingthem.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Montresor walls up the niche,entombinghis friend alive.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One study recommendedentombingthe wreck under a layer of sand as well as gravel and concrete.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is destroyed when the ruined castle she and the other spirits live in crumbles,entombingher with it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After underground conditions worsened, the decision was made to abandon recovery efforts,entombingthe bodies of 11 miners at the depths of the mine.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As the waste decays and cools, the melt zone resolidifies, forming a solid granite sarcophagus around the containers,entombingthe waste forever.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The north segment displays scenes of theentombingand the resurrection.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Under this difficulty ofentombinghim, they had thoughts either to get another coffin, or else to shorten the body, by bending it at the knees, if they could.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An accretion wedge of clastic sediment then started to accumulate at the base of the submerged precipice,entombingthe region's first known fossils of complex life.
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- aboriginal people
- aboriginal population
- aboriginal tribe
- Aborigine
- abort
- aborted
- aborting
- abortion
- abortionist
- abortive
- abortive attempt
- a bottomless pit
- abound
- abounded
- abounding
- abound-in-with
- abound in/with something
- abound in/with sth
- abound-in-with-sth
- about
- about-face
- about-face
- about-turn
- about-turn
- above