exhume
verb
ex·hume
ig-ˈzüm 
igz-ˈyüm,
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
exhumed; exhuming
1
: disinter
exhume a body
2
: to bring back from neglect or obscurity
exhumed a great deal of information from the archives
Examples of exhume in a Sentence
the remains of John Paul Jones were exhumed in Paris and transported with great ceremony to the U.S. Naval Academy
Recent Examples on the Web
Authorities exhumed Tammy Daybell without telling children Fremont County Sheriff’s Office Lt.
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Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024
Investigators later exhumed her body and conducted an autopsy that ruled it a homicide.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
Israeli troops have exhumed graves, looking for the remains of Israeli captives, and have returned bodies of Palestinians to Gaza throughout the war.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was fatally shot in a still-unsolved killing.
—CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
In October 2023, her remains were exhumed, and anthropology faculty and students with Southeast Missouri State University did a dental analysis that showed the woman was actually a teenager at the time of her death, deputies said.
—Paloma Chavez, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
In a news release, the DPAA said that in 2018, military officials exhumed the unidentified remains of 25 people who were from Walker's battleship, the USS California, and buried in Honolulu.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
Now, more than 56 years later, a tip to investigators led them to exhume Pusser’s body, the TBI announced.
—Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
Early Friday, Gretchen Hankins stepped onto the pauper’s field, on the grounds of the county jail’s work farm, for the first time, to witness her son being exhumed so that his body could be prepared for a proper funeral.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2024
Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 Apr. 2024
Investigators later exhumed her body and conducted an autopsy that ruled it a homicide.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
Israeli troops have exhumed graves, looking for the remains of Israeli captives, and have returned bodies of Palestinians to Gaza throughout the war.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was fatally shot in a still-unsolved killing.
—CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
In October 2023, her remains were exhumed, and anthropology faculty and students with Southeast Missouri State University did a dental analysis that showed the woman was actually a teenager at the time of her death, deputies said.
—Paloma Chavez, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
In a news release, the DPAA said that in 2018, military officials exhumed the unidentified remains of 25 people who were from Walker's battleship, the USS California, and buried in Honolulu.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
Now, more than 56 years later, a tip to investigators led them to exhume Pusser’s body, the TBI announced.
—Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
Early Friday, Gretchen Hankins stepped onto the pauper’s field, on the grounds of the county jail’s work farm, for the first time, to witness her son being exhumed so that his body could be prepared for a proper funeral.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2024
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exhume
transitive verb
ex·hume
igz-ˈ(y)üm
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
iks-ˈ(h)yüm
exhumed; exhuming
: disinter
the body was exhumed for an autopsy
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