Other Words from exhume

exhumation \ ˌeks-(h)yü-ˈmā-shən

, ˌeg-zü- , ˌegz-yü- \ noun

exhumer \ ig-ˈzü-mər

, igz-ˈyü- , iks-ˈ(h)yü- \ noun

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 Another issue is whether the Six Nations will decide to exhume remains to identify them through DNA tests and determine cause of death — a prelude to holding anyone accountable in court. — Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2021 Another issue is whether the Six Nations will decide to exhume remains to identify them through D.N.A. tests and determine cause of death — a prelude to holding anyone accountable in court. — Ian Austen, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2021 The question of whether to exhume remains has been divisive in many Indigenous communities. — Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2021 Workers in protective gear exhume the bodies of civilians found buried in a mass grave behind a church on April 13. — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022 Instead, the field was bought by a Texas company, Plains Exploration and Production, which began intensive efforts to exhume difficult-to-reach oil, efforts that included the hydraulic fracturing of twenty-three vertical wells. — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022 Tonight we were brought slightly closer to finding Liz's murderer, with Red (James Spader) determined to exhume Liz's body from the grave. — Laura Sirikul, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2022 The question of whether to exhume remains has been divisive in many Indigenous communities. — Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2021 Nagamatsu was revising his manuscript, about a plague unleashed when archaeologists exhume the 30,000-year-old remains of a girl in Siberia, when COVID-19 struck. — Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Jan. 2022 See More

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