exhume
(Formal)
[verb]
Synonyms: dig up, disentomb, disinter, unearth

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Antonyms: inhume
Contrasted words: bury, entomb, inter, plant
Related Words: dig up, disentomb, unearth, disembalm

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ex‧hume /ɪɡˈzjuːm, eksˈhjuːm $ ɪɡˈzuːm, ɪkˈsjuːm/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: exhumer, from Medieval Latin exhumare, from Latin humus 'earth']
formal to remove a dead body from the ground, especially in order to check the cause of death Synonym : dig up
—exhumation /ˌekshjʊˈmeɪʃən $ ˌekshjʊ-, ˌeɡzjʊ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

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