Meaning & use
Disinter
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To dig up something that has been buried, especially a body; to exhume.
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Investigators obtained a court order to disinter the remains.
Archaeologists disinterred the ancient burial site with great care.
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Formed from 'inter' (to bury) with the reversing prefix 'dis-'; used both literally and, less often, figuratively for reviving forgotten ideas.
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