Meaning & use
disinterment
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The act of digging up something, especially a buried body, that had previously been interred.
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The disinterment of the remains was ordered so investigators could conduct a new autopsy.
Historians arranged the disinterment of the king's bones to confirm his identity through DNA testing.
A note on using this word
The opposite of "interment" (burial), formed with the reversing prefix "dis-"; most often used in legal, forensic, or historical contexts.
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