exhume
verb
ex·hume
ig-ˈzüm 
igz-ˈyüm,
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
exhumed; exhuming
1
: disinter
exhume a body
2
: to bring back from neglect or obscurity
exhumed a great deal of information from the archives
Examples of exhume in a Sentence
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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In June 2022, the Department of Defense and the American Battle Monuments Commission exhumed the remains for forensic analysis, the DPAA said.
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Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
Colleagues and friends buried Gunn in the U.S. Army cemetery in Tacloban, Leyte; later his remains were exhumed and re-interred in Austin, Texas.
—Sara Pezzoni, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
Abel was exhumed and reburied at Crown Hill Cemetery.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Aug. 2016
Investigators from the sheriff's office worked with the county coroner's office that same year to exhume the body from where it had been buried, and sent some of the remains to the National Unidentified and Missing Persons System for DNA testing.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 June 2024
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Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
Colleagues and friends buried Gunn in the U.S. Army cemetery in Tacloban, Leyte; later his remains were exhumed and re-interred in Austin, Texas.
—Sara Pezzoni, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
Abel was exhumed and reburied at Crown Hill Cemetery.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Aug. 2016
Investigators from the sheriff's office worked with the county coroner's office that same year to exhume the body from where it had been buried, and sent some of the remains to the National Unidentified and Missing Persons System for DNA testing.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 June 2024
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exhume
transitive verb
ex·hume
igz-ˈ(y)üm
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
exhumed; exhuming
: disinter
the body was exhumed for an autopsy
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