Synonyms for entombed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-toom |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈtum |
Top 10 synonyms for entombed
Définition of entombed
Origin :- 1570s, from Old French entomber "place in a tomb," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + tombe "tomb" (see tomb). Related: Entombed; entombing.
- verb bury
- He vowed to break the enchantment that entombed his betrothed.
- Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
- At his death he was entombed with great ceremony in the Duomo.
- Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
- It was found, identified, and entombed at Boston with solemn mourning.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
- On the contrary, it seemed to take renewed vigor from the victims it had entombed.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- In one of these I was entombed alive, and poor Maroncelli in the other.
- Extract from : « My Ten Years' Imprisonment » by Silvio Pellico
- Of the other bodies they are entombed in the lots, where more than one were buried together.
- Extract from : « The Johnstown Horror » by James Herbert Walker
- Thirty miners were entombed, and it was feared that they could not be saved.
- Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham
- Many of those present were the relatives of the entombed miners.
- Extract from : « A Handful of Stars » by Frank W. Boreham
- They have left him to die a lingering death, almost as if entombed alive.
- Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid
- No, my affections are buried with her,—are entombed in the deep sea.
- Extract from : « The Phantom Ship » by Frederick Marryat
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