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
In June 2021, the U.S. disinterred the remains of 652 unidentified Korean War casualties buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
From Washington Times ● May 19, 2023
Like those disinterred dead from his childhood that had been relocated to accommodate a highway.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
