disinter
verb
dis·in·ter
ˌdis-in-ˈtər 
disinterred; disinterring; disinters
1
: to take out of the grave or tomb
2
: to bring back into awareness or prominence
also
: to bring to light : unearth
Examples of disinter in a Sentence
The body was disinterred for further study.
the Egyptian mummy was carefully disinterred
Recent Examples on the Web
The first burials were disinterred from local battlefields and reinterred in the Fayetteville National Cemetery.
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arkansasonline.com, 14 Sep. 2024
Salem said 15 to 20 of them have been disinterred — some after troops destroyed cemeteries and others moved by relatives out of fear Israeli forces would destroy their graves.
—Julia Frankel and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
In 2000, the association began a nationwide effort to disinter and rebury the bodies.
—Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
In early 2019, the DPAA received a request from a family to disinter the one of the eight sets of remains.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 July 2024
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arkansasonline.com, 14 Sep. 2024
Salem said 15 to 20 of them have been disinterred — some after troops destroyed cemeteries and others moved by relatives out of fear Israeli forces would destroy their graves.
—Julia Frankel and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
In 2000, the association began a nationwide effort to disinter and rebury the bodies.
—Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
In early 2019, the DPAA received a request from a family to disinter the one of the eight sets of remains.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 July 2024
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disinter
verb
dis·in·ter
ˌdis-ᵊn-ˈtər
1
: to take out of the grave or tomb
2
: to bring back into awareness : unearth
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