" entombing "

1: the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place;

  * e.g., " ... the entombing of the pharaohs in the pyramids must have been a magnificent sight "

•  Synonyms : 

•  burial,

•  burying,

•  entombment,

•  inhumation,

•  interment,

•  interring,

•  obsequy,

•  sepulture

•  Antonyms : 

•  disinterment,

•  exhumation,

•  unearthing

1: to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea;

  * e.g., " ... a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground "

•  Synonyms : 

•  burying,

•  hearsing,

•  inhuming,

•  interring,

•  laying,

•  putting away,

•  tombing

•  Antonyms : 

•  disinterring,

•  exhuming,

•  unearthing

1: to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea;

  * e.g., " ... a number of Boston's historic notables are entombed in the Old Granary Burying Ground "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bury,

•  hearse,

•  inhume,

•  inter,

•  lay,

•  put away,

•  tomb

•  Antonyms : 

•  disinter,

•  exhume,

•  unearth