mummify

/mˈʌmʌfaɪ/

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preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"
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remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"
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dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"

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