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Definition of exhume
exhumed
;exhuming
transitive verb
1 : disinter exhume a body
2 : to bring back from neglect or obscurity exhumed a great deal of information from the archives
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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 of exhume from the Web
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The City Council earlier this year decided not to allow any more bodies to be exhumed out of respect for the dead, Pagan said.
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Dali's body to be exhumed in paternity suit The surrealist artist Salvador Dalí must be chuckling in his grave.
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A Spanish court has ordered that his body be exhumed from its 28-year slumber in order to take part in a paternity test.
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A Spanish court has ordered that his body be exhumed from its 28-year slumber in order to take part in a paternity test.
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Two weeks ago, Gabriel's body was exhumed to retrieve his tablet computer, which his mother tucked into his casket.
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In 2010, under the direction of a museum curator, a fork lift exhumed the granite block and lowered it into a truck.
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Then in 1947, the bodies were exhumed in an effort to identify them, but only 35 USS Oklahoma crew members were able to be positively identified.
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Zuckerman also hopes to exhume more of the remains to learn about the lives of the patients.
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EXHUME Defined for English Language Learners
exhume
playDefinition of exhume for English Language Learners
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: to remove (a body) from the place where it is buried
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