1. placing or sealing a dead body in a tomb; burying in a grave or vault
Usage: present participle of 'intomb'; formal or literary
2. confining or trapping someone or something as if in a tomb; imprisoning
Usage: figurative use; literary

Examples

• The ancient Egyptians had elaborate rituals for intombing their pharaohs.
• The ceremony involved intombing the king in a grand stone monument.
• She felt as though her responsibilities were intombing her in an endless cycle of work.
• The avalanche came close to intombing the climbers beneath tons of snow.
• Medieval nobles were intombed in the cathedral's crypt with great ceremony.
• The walls seemed to be intombing him in darkness and silence.