entomb entomb /ɛn ˈtum/
Definition(s):
- (v) place in a grave or tomb
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Usage(s):
- Workers from the National Atomic Energy Commission are preparing to entomb the lead container, the cesium and other contaminated material in concrete.
- Nisbet could find only one state-approved electronics hauler, which promised for $6,000 to entomb 300 pieces of e-waste in concrete before taking it all to a landfill.
- Rosen called the effort the first step in a plan to ''entomb'' the entire reactor in concrete.
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