Embalmment

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of embalming. countable, uncountable

    "In doing so, they suggest a way forward for a city in which preservation is all too often a form of embalmment."

  2. 2
    preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals wordnet

Synonyms

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embalmingmummification

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"In doing so, they suggest a way forward for a city in which preservation is all too often a form of embalmment."

Etymology

From embalm + -ment.

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