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embalm

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


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Funeral directors are unable to embalm or treat the deceased in their care until a death is registered.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025

Families were no longer required to embalm their loved ones — a service that can cost anywhere from $500 to $1,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2022

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

Chili peppers make you sweat; tragic novels make you cry; academic papers embalm you in a formaldehyde of words and then give you a splendid phrase to use for the rest of your life.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021

Mr. Carriaga addressed him sternly: “Did you embalm Josh Billings?”

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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