disinterment
Americannoun
plural
disintermentsExample Sentences
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There have been several rounds of disinterment and repatriation at Carlisle in recent years.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023
The remaining caskets stayed buried, however, until 2015 when the Deputy Secretary of Defense authorized the disinterment of all unknown remains from the ship.
From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2023
I knew this is where I wanted to start — travelling back to Colombia and going through the motions of the disinterment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2022
Janis enlists Arturo, whose expertise is in that field, to help navigate the bureaucracy, and if successful, oversee the disinterment and identification of bodies.
From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2022
Neve, Philip.—A narrative of the disinterment of Milton's coffin in the Parish Church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, 4th August 1790; and of thexxxi treatment of the corpse during that and the following day.
From Life of John Milton by Garnett, Richard
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