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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He was convicted of poisoning her and suspected in the poisoning deaths of his other wives, including one who was buried then later exhumed in Oak Woods Cemetery.
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Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
Now, in the converted space, on rows of stainless tables, lay 13,000 bones exhumed from 46 graves — and 62 caskets — from the cemetery on the hill above Honolulu.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Finally, in December 2023, a judge granted a request from investigators and the district attorney in Harrison County to exhume the baby's body in hopes of identifying her by DNA analysis, which had advanced considerably since her death 30 years earlier.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
Gein was a grave robber, notorious for exhuming corpses from what was supposed to be their final resting place.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
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Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
Now, in the converted space, on rows of stainless tables, lay 13,000 bones exhumed from 46 graves — and 62 caskets — from the cemetery on the hill above Honolulu.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
Finally, in December 2023, a judge granted a request from investigators and the district attorney in Harrison County to exhume the baby's body in hopes of identifying her by DNA analysis, which had advanced considerably since her death 30 years earlier.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
Gein was a grave robber, notorious for exhuming corpses from what was supposed to be their final resting place.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 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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