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View definitions for mummify

mummify

verb as in embalm

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It might be easier for dinosaurs to “mummify” than scientists had thought.

It might be easier for dinosaurs to “mummify” than scientists thought.

Analyses focused on hair from the girl’s naturally mummified body and fingernails from the boy’s partially mummified remains.

Until now, researchers had pegged the mummified Bronze Age bunch as newcomers and debated about where in West Asia they originally came from.

Blackened lungs in mummified tissue from Egypt, Peru, and Great Britain point to wood fires from ancient homes.

They mummify the victim, as it were, and tuck him away for the morrow.

They mummify before decay sets in and turn into a leathery brown, similar to the mummies of Egypt.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mummify, such as: preserve, and dry up.

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

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