mummify

Verb
  1. Preserve while making lifeless (synset 202686168)
    "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"
    is a type of: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold - keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last
  2. Remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it (synset 202231909)
    "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"
    is a type of: embalm - preserve a dead body
    verb group: dry up, mummify - dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
  3. Dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture (synset 200243091)
    "a mummified body was found"
    is a type of: shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither - wither, as with a loss of moisture
    same as: dry up
    verb group: mummify - remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it

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