entombment

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Massive blast doors that looked like they belonged on the largest bank vault in the universe were supposed to keep us safe, though in a nuclear war they might only have ensured our entombment.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

It’s a solitary, nocturnal job, but entombment works for Sol.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022

In 1998, 14 years after the Vietnam-era soldier’s entombment, he was exhumed and positively identified as Air Force Lt.

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2021

The air inside felt stale, and I started to imagine all of the souls that once resided in this icy entombment.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2021

Frequently a temporary return of marine conditions permitted the entombment of such salt water genera as Lingula, Orbiculoidea, Productus in the thin beds known as “marine bands.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various