Meaning & use
exhumed
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Dug up a buried body from the ground, typically for examination or reburial.
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Investigators exhumed the body to conduct a second autopsy.
Archaeologists exhumed the ancient remains carefully, cataloging each bone.
A note on using this word
Almost always used for formally removing human remains from a grave; using it for objects rather than 'unearthed' can sound overly dramatic.
Words with a similar meaning
disinterredunearthed
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Words with an opposite meaning
buriedinterred
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