Meaning & use

exhume

verb·Advanced

To dig up a buried body from the ground, typically for legal or medical examination.

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Investigators obtained a court order to exhume the body for further forensic testing.

The archaeologists exhumed remains from the ancient burial site with great care.

A note on using this word

Exhume is used specifically for removing human remains from a grave; use unearth for objects or artifacts.

Words with a similar meaning

disinterunearth

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