disinter
verb (used with object)
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
disinterred
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past participleof disinter.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof disinter.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
disinterverb (used with object)to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
Example Sentences
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Some reports claimed remains housed there had been disinterred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
Allen was among 388 service members whose remains went unidentified before a 2015 program in which bodies were disinterred for DNA analysis.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Several graves were being disinterred during my visit.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2023
The leader of the Falange was disinterred in a private ceremony in presence of his family, away from public scrutiny.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Like those disinterred dead from his childhood that had been relocated to accommodate a highway.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
