exhume
verb
ex·hume
ig-ˈzüm 
igz-ˈyüm,
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
exhumed; exhuming
1
: disinter
exhume a body
2
: to bring back from neglect or obscurity
exhumed a great deal of information from the archives
Examples of exhume in a Sentence
the remains of John Paul Jones were exhumed in Paris and transported with great ceremony to the U.S. Naval Academy
Recent Examples on the Web
In 2009, the woman’s body was exhumed with the help of anthropology professor Mark Griffin of San Francisco State University, authorities said.
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Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Investigators exhumed their bodies after the occupation and found two of them had been shot in the head, according to details released by the Kherson Regional Police.
—Oleksandr Chubko Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Palestinian authorities say the Israeli military exhumed existing graves at Nasser Hospital and dug new ones, adding that some of the bodies found in the newer graves were buried in black or blue nylon bags used by the IDF, rather than the customary white bags and shrouds used in Gaza.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
Separately, investigators also exhumed two other bodies in the village and announced the results of pretrial investigations into their deaths.
—Oleksandr Chubko Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 10 May 2024
The woman’s body, however, was exhumed in 2009 in hopes of identifying her, deputies said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
Israel denies wrongdoing but acknowledges exhuming bodies that had already been buried, then reburying them, in its search for hostages taken captive into Gaza during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
At least one of the bodies exhumed since Sunday was seen wearing blue medical scrubs in a video posted to social media by a photographer, Haseeb Alwazeer.
—Riley Mellen, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
Two decades-old cold cases, one out of Colorado and another out of Nevada, were closed after exhuming a suspect’s body, officials say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
Investigators exhumed their bodies after the occupation and found two of them had been shot in the head, according to details released by the Kherson Regional Police.
—Oleksandr Chubko Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 10 May 2024
Palestinian authorities say the Israeli military exhumed existing graves at Nasser Hospital and dug new ones, adding that some of the bodies found in the newer graves were buried in black or blue nylon bags used by the IDF, rather than the customary white bags and shrouds used in Gaza.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
Separately, investigators also exhumed two other bodies in the village and announced the results of pretrial investigations into their deaths.
—Oleksandr Chubko Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 10 May 2024
The woman’s body, however, was exhumed in 2009 in hopes of identifying her, deputies said.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
Israel denies wrongdoing but acknowledges exhuming bodies that had already been buried, then reburying them, in its search for hostages taken captive into Gaza during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
At least one of the bodies exhumed since Sunday was seen wearing blue medical scrubs in a video posted to social media by a photographer, Haseeb Alwazeer.
—Riley Mellen, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
Two decades-old cold cases, one out of Colorado and another out of Nevada, were closed after exhuming a suspect’s body, officials say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
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exhume
transitive verb
ex·hume
igz-ˈ(y)üm
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
exhumed; exhuming
: disinter
the body was exhumed for an autopsy
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