EXHUME Synonyms: 7 Similar and Opposite Words

exhume

verb

ig-ˈzüm

as in to unearth

to remove from place of burial the remains of John Paul Jones were exhumed in Paris and transported with great ceremony to the U.S. Naval Academy

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Recent Examples of exhume Graves lie empty, with large rectangular holes where the dead have been exhumed. —

ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026 His hand dove for his pocket, fishing out his wallet, exhuming cards — credit, debit, whatever — and punching their digits into his favorite betting apps. —

Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026 Their investigation led to the victim's remains being exhumed. —

Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026 But what was served up were stale, pale sketches that seemed to have been exhumed from some old codger’s book of gags from 19 bloody 50! —

Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exhume

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unearth

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Battle relic found An iron cannonball that may have played a role in the 1836 Battle of the Alamo was unearthed in Texas this month.

— Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
Little bits of teeth had a big surprise Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology molecular scientist Palesa Madupe and her colleagues recently analyzed the proteins in dental enamel from 23 Homo naledi teeth unearthed in four different cave chambers deep in the Rising Star system.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026