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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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Between June and November 2015, those remains were again exhumed and analyzed at the DPAA's laboratory.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
The 831 were exhumed to make room for the construction of Froedtert's Center for Advanced Care.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2024
Two years ago, Mahoney’s remains were exhumed from the cemetery as DPAA historians began doing in-depth research into soldiers who went missing in the area, believing the remains, known then as Unknown X-6379, could be Mahoney’s.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Exhume.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhume. Accessed 18 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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