exhume

verb

ex·hume | \ ig-ˈzüm,

igz-ˈyüm, iks-ˈ(h)yüm\

exhumed; exhuming

Definition of exhume

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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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

Synonyms & Antonyms for exhume

Synonyms

disinter, unearth

Antonyms

bury, entomb, inhume, inter, tomb

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

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War victims from both sides were exhumed in 1959, taken to Franco’s work-in-progress and then reburied, many without their families’ knowledge. — Jeannette Neumann, WSJ, "Spain’s Plan to Exhume Franco Unearths Divisions," 6 Sep. 2018 Out of the 95 burial sites identified thus far, 48 have been exhumed, according to a statement from the school district. — Madeline Farber, Fox News, "Texas construction workers discover remains of 95 African-American laborers from early 20th century," 18 July 2018 In 2005, Emmett’s body was exhumed by the FBI and an autopsy was performed. — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, "Emmett Till’s mother opened his casket and sparked the civil rights movement," 12 July 2018 The group continues to wage an insurgency from remote hideouts, but the work of exhuming mass graves marks an effort for Iraq to move beyond its recent troubled history. — Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, "Islamic State Left 200 Mass Graves in Iraq, U.N. Says," 6 Nov. 2018 After discovering 95 graves, archaeologists began exhuming the bodies in June. — Jewel Wicker, Teen Vogue, "A Mass Grave of Former Slaves Was Unearthed in Texas," 20 July 2018 The prosecution case hinges on testimony from forensic pathologists who examined Noreen Rudd’s exhumed body in 2013 and declared her death a homicide. — George Houde, chicagotribune.com, "Wife's death in '73 was first thought to have resulted from car crash; now husband going on trial, accused of killing her," 22 June 2018 But just as work to exhume and identify bodies continues slowly, so does a partial return to the routine for residents of Raqqa, where 300,000 lived before the Syrian conflict began. — Raja Abdulrahim, WSJ, "To Rebuild a Syrian City, Men First Dig Up and Rebury the Dead," 26 Oct. 2018 This would mean Claire would have to be exhumed and transferred to another one. — Abigail Van Buren, Houston Chronicle, "Talk of remarriage triggers questions about burial plots," 11 July 2018

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