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exhume

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of exhume

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

Synonyms of exhume

disinter, unearth

Antonyms of exhume

bury, entomb, inhume, inter, tomb

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