disinter
verb (used with object)
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
disinterring
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present participleof disinter.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Another is a pungent work of terror about a cursed man who inexplicably perishes in the village’s crypt, forcing the townspeople to investigate by disinterring the bodies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Department of Defense had undertaken the arduous task of disinterring and sorting through the commingled skeletons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
Protocols for disinterring, sampling and reburying human remains were established in consultation with local religious leaders and community stakeholders.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
After the war, American teams began disinterring those remains and trying to identify them.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
In the years between the First World War and the disinterring of Luigi Boccherini’s bones, music’s family had expanded prolifically.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
