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exhume


exhume

verb

Definition of EXHUME

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>
Synonyms disinter, unearth
Antonyms bury, entomb, inhume, inter, tomb

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