DISINTER Synonyms: 7 Similar and Opposite Words

disinter

verb

ˌdis-in-ˈtər

Definition of disinter next

as in to unearth

to remove from place of burial the Egyptian mummy was carefully disinterred

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Recent Examples of disinter January 17–18, 2023 Brian is charged with murder and disinterring a body without authority. —

Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025 In June, Jeff Thiel’s remains were disinterred from a Waupaca County cemetery. —

Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 21 Nov. 2025 Among its prominent displays is Houston Conwill’s The Joyful Mysteries, a set of time capsules that were buried in the adjacent lot in 1984 and disinterred during construction and brought indoors. —

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025 At first, the remains of U.S. Army and U.S. Army Air Forces personnel were interred in the Schofield Barracks Cemetery until the American Graves Registration Service disinterred the remains in August 1947. —

Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disinter

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinter

unearth

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There were no dates of birth or death, but a manuscript of sixty-seven short pieces for solo mandolin or violin had been unearthed from archives in recent years.

— Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
The third oldest town in South Carolina after Charleston and Beaufort, there’s plenty of history to unearth here.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026