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exhume
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As a verb, exhume means dig out of the ground.
Meanings of exhume
3 meaningsverb
To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
“The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.”
figurativeTo uncover; to bring to light.
Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
Similar: disinter
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
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verb: dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead…
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