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
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All of the remains were exhumed, and they were sent to the agency's laboratories for analysis.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 July 2024
There's quite an array of stuff down there that's been exhumed from the past and brought back to modern day Detroit, almost as if through a time portal.
—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2024
After getting the ex parte order, police said Kimball’s body was exhumed last November and sent to Utah Medical Examiner’s Office for testing, which found a DNA profile from Kimball on an article of Tanya’s clothing.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 26 June 2024
Medical detectives have been debating possible causes for nearly two centuries, drawing on the composer's letters, diaries, and physicians' notes for evidence, as well as reports on skeletal remains from when his body was exhumed in 1863 and 1888.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 May 2024
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 11 July 2024
There's quite an array of stuff down there that's been exhumed from the past and brought back to modern day Detroit, almost as if through a time portal.
—Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2024
After getting the ex parte order, police said Kimball’s body was exhumed last November and sent to Utah Medical Examiner’s Office for testing, which found a DNA profile from Kimball on an article of Tanya’s clothing.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 26 June 2024
Medical detectives have been debating possible causes for nearly two centuries, drawing on the composer's letters, diaries, and physicians' notes for evidence, as well as reports on skeletal remains from when his body was exhumed in 1863 and 1888.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 May 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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