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embalm

[em-bahm, em-bahlm] / ɛmˈbɑm, ɛmˈbɑlm /


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Another part of you frantically tries to embalm the memories, fearing the natural deterioration and gnawing terror of time.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

She and her colleagues also embalm about 65% of the bodies, preserving them for longer and slowing down decomposition.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

Lawyer Ronald Gordon, who is representing Chen’s family, said Chen’s parents traveled to Fiji after their daughter’s death but didn’t embalm her body and take her to the U.S. as they’d hoped.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2022

Why had there been a seeming rush to embalm the body, without an autopsy?

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021

Someone had to embalm her before Mollie saw her.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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