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

KRAKOW, Poland — On a slab in the middle of the stage is the body of an elderly man, being prepared for entombment.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023

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 Solari sign at Union Station in New Haven was removed for entombment in the Danbury Rail Museum, after a failed fight to save it.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2016

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

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona