entomb
pronunciation
How to pronounce entomb in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtu:m]
How to pronounce entomb in American English:
US [ɛnˈtum]
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- Verb:
- place in a grave or tomb
Word Origin
- entomb (v.)
- 1570s, from Old French entomber "place in a tomb," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + tombe "tomb" (see tomb). Related: Entombed; entombing. The earlier verb was simply tomb (c. 1300).
Example
- 1. The third option is to simply entomb the reactor where it is .
- 2. Some primitive tribes entomb their dead in caves in the mountainside .
- 3. Among plant employees and firefighters at chernobyl , many volunteered to try to tame , and then entomb , the burning reactor - although it is not clear that all were told the truth about the risks .
- 4. Lava flows can then build new land in the ocean-as in the case of hawaii-or entomb whole cities , as in the case of pompeii in a.d. 79 .
- 5. In this scenario , the only thing that could be done would be to entomb the melted core in sand and cement , much as was done in chernobyl . Said bergeron , " a lot of first responders will die . " Chernobyl rendered an area half-the-size of new jersey uninhabitable .