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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Police exhumed the boy's body in 2019, but efforts to extract usable DNA took about two-and-a-half years, said Colleen Fitzpatrick, president of Identifinders International, at a 2022 press conference.
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Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Following the war, American Graves Registration Service personnel exhumed those buried at the Cabanatuan Cemetery and relocated the remains to a temporary U.S. military mausoleum near Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
The remains are one of three sets exhumed so far during the latest search and were found in an area where 18 Black men killed in the massacre are believed to have been buried, Oklahoma State archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said in a statement on social media Friday.
—CBS News, 3 Aug. 2024
Given this is a tough story tied to the atrocities committed at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, where 55 bodies of young people were exhumed on the grounds and documentation and where relentless abuse occurred, showing moments of beauty and love were essential, Ross said.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Following the war, American Graves Registration Service personnel exhumed those buried at the Cabanatuan Cemetery and relocated the remains to a temporary U.S. military mausoleum near Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
The remains are one of three sets exhumed so far during the latest search and were found in an area where 18 Black men killed in the massacre are believed to have been buried, Oklahoma State archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said in a statement on social media Friday.
—CBS News, 3 Aug. 2024
Given this is a tough story tied to the atrocities committed at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, where 55 bodies of young people were exhumed on the grounds and documentation and where relentless abuse occurred, showing moments of beauty and love were essential, Ross said.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Exhume.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhume. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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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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