DISINTERRED Synonyms: 7 Similar and Opposite Words

disinterred

verb

Definition of disinterred next

past tense of disinter

as in unearthed

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

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Recent Examples of disinterred The remains were disinterred in October 2011. —

Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026 Three years ago, those remains from Taiwan were disinterred and new examinations begun, leading to Bianchi’s identification in August, the agency said, adding that the results were made public on Wednesday after Bianchi’s family was fully briefed. —

Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinterred

unearthed

Verb

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
Twenty-thousand-year-old shards of clay pots have been unearthed in China.

— Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026