EXHUME Synonyms: 7 Similar and Opposite Words

exhume

verb

ig-ˈzüm

as in to unearth

to remove from place of burial 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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Recent Examples of exhume Their investigation led to the victim's remains being exhumed. —

Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026 But what was served up were stale, pale sketches that seemed to have been exhumed from some old codger’s book of gags from 19 bloody 50! —

Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026 In 2011, the Sheriff’s Office exhumed her remains in the hopes that new forensic techniques could help identify her. —

Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 19 Mar. 2026 Those leases were expiring, and the families could not afford to renew them, so Villanueva helped exhume the bodies, turning over the bones to a forensic pathologist who examined the remains and kept records for future use. —

Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exhume

Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhume

unearth

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
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