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entombment

noun as in burial

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Few people realize that entombed rivers still flow invisibly below cities such as New York, London, and Paris.

Such ancient microbes exist entombed in salt crystals and at the bottom of the ocean, in oxygen-deficient, hydrogen sulphide-rich environments.

Many burrow-dwelling creatures are “entombed” by fast-rising crude from underground, making it impossible to ever document their loss, she said.

Beauty does not matter, for on Good Friday the entombment 279 holds thousands silent before it.

The Entombment followed, the Madonna in black lamenting and weeping.

The chief treasure left—the Entombment, by Titian—is perhaps a superior duplicate of the one in the Louvre.

Evidence of the comparatively-recent entombment of these remains exists, however, of another character.

In the version given by Mr. Whitley Stokes there is no mention of Odran's grave having been uncovered after his entombment.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to entombment, such as: funeral, interment, sepulture, and inurnment.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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