Meaning & use
Unbury
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To dig up something that has been buried; to exhume or uncover.
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Archaeologists worked carefully to unbury the ancient artifacts without damaging them.
The storm eroded the dune enough to unbury an old shipwreck.
A note on using this word
Used both literally, for digging something up, and figuratively, for bringing forgotten information back to light.
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