disinterring
- present participle of disinter.
Example Sentences
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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
The Army began disinterring the remains of eight Native American children who died at a government-run boarding school at the Carlisle Barracks, with the children’s living family members poised to take custody.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
The celebration is believed to have its roots in the Uru Chipaya custom of disinterring the bodies of loved ones at the one-year anniversary of their death.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2021
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
