Meaning & use
exhume
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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