as in unearthing
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 exhuming
In 2021, Carolyn Dunn Moudy was identified as the woman whose body Davie Police found floating in a canal in 1975 after exhuming her body from Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens cemetery in Davie in 2019.
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Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026
Gein admitted to exhuming the corpses and using the skin to recreate and become his mother, who died of a stroke in 1945.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026
Gein admitted to exhuming the corpses and using the skin to recreate and become his mother, who died of a stroke in 1945.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhuming
unearthing
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But for the brave men and women of the TSA, unearthing every strange and confusing item in passenger luggage is just another day on the job.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2026
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This usually means unearthing products from medicine cabinets, organizers, and drawers, and lining them up on the floor or across their bedspread.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Exhuming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhuming. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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