Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To place in or as if in a tomb or grave.
- transitive verb To serve as a tomb for.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; bury; inter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive to
deposit in atomb
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb place in a grave or tomb
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Examples
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And his defpifed name entomb'd In dark oblivion lie i
The Psalms of King David Paraphrased, and Turned Into English Verse, According to the Common ... 1668
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They would bury the entire nuclear power plant in asphalt and "entomb" it in place.
Nuclear Power will not solve the Problem of Global Warming 2008
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Most English translations give "entomb" for "begraben," but I've been struck by the way the English word "engrave" includes the same root.
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With the decision to entomb four Fukushima reactors in concrete, Tokyo Electric TEPCO is moving the disaster into uncharted waters.
Marvin Resnikoff: Fukushima 2.0 Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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With the decision to entomb four Fukushima reactors in concrete, Tokyo Electric TEPCO is moving the disaster into uncharted waters.
Marvin Resnikoff: Fukushima 2.0 Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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The costs of the ultimate disposal project also are sure to rise, with no plan in sight to replace the now-canceled plan to entomb the waste at Nevada's Yucca Mountain.
Nuclear-Waste Costs Go Critical Mark Maremont 2011
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With the decision to entomb four Fukushima reactors in concrete, Tokyo Electric TEPCO is moving the disaster into uncharted waters.
Marvin Resnikoff: Fukushima 2.0 Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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With the decision to entomb four Fukushima reactors in concrete, Tokyo Electric TEPCO is moving the disaster into uncharted waters.
Marvin Resnikoff: Fukushima 2.0 Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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With the decision to entomb four Fukushima reactors in concrete, Tokyo Electric TEPCO is moving the disaster into uncharted waters.
Marvin Resnikoff: Fukushima 2.0 Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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With the decision to entomb four Fukushima reactors in concrete, Tokyo Electric TEPCO is moving the disaster into uncharted waters.
Marvin Resnikoff: Fukushima 2.0 Marvin Resnikoff 2011
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