disentomb
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- disentombment noun
Etymology
Origin of disentomb
Example Sentences
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Assistants on the ground used a mechanical digger and their bare hands to disentomb Britton after they were no longer able to hear him breathing.
From The Guardian
The diamond, we are told, is but pure carbon; and the dream of the alchymist has long been to disentomb the gem in its translucent purity from the sooty mass dug up from the coal-field.
From Project Gutenberg
Disentomb, dis-en-tōōm′, v.t. to take out from a tomb.
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Such skeletons dwell in the hearts of most; hands need be tender that disentomb them and drag out to daylight ashes so mournful and so grievous, guarded so tenaciously, hidden so jealously.
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Resuscitated monarchs disentomb Grave-reptiles with them, in their new life-throes.
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