exhume
to dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.
to revive or restore after neglect or a period of forgetting; bring to light: to exhume a literary reputation; to exhume old letters.
Origin of exhume
1Other words from exhume
- ex·hu·ma·tion [eks-hyoo-mey-shuhn], /ˌɛks hyʊˈmeɪ ʃən/, noun
- ex·hum·er, noun
- un·ex·humed, adjective
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How to use exhume in a sentence
Many of these exhumed space rocks come from between Mars and Jupiter, but those of a rarer pedigree are lunar meteorites, ones that some scientists say, hail from the dark side of the moon.
A meteorite-hunting AI will scout for space rocks buried in polar ice | Tatyana Woodall | January 26, 2022 | Popular-ScienceThe stepmother calls the police, who exhume the bodies—and, naturally, have a lot of questions.
The True Story Behind HBO’s Gripping True Crime Drama Landscapers | Mahita Gajanan | December 9, 2021 | TimeWe’ve also asked the United Nations to deploy investigators and forensic anthropologists to exhume the numerous mass graves in DRC to collect and preserve evidence.
'We Cannot Rest in Our Fight.' Angelina Jolie Talks to Dr. Denis Mukwege About Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence | Angelina Jolie | December 1, 2021 | TimeOne by one, the graves have been exhumed, the remains analyzed and identified with advances in DNA technology and science.
Inside the 80-Year Quest to Name Pearl Harbor's Unknown Victims | W.J. Hennigan | November 23, 2021 | TimeExperts from the Harvard laboratory of geneticist David Reich extracted DNA from the bones of 29 people exhumed from the cemetery more than 40 years ago for a road project and identified five, maybe six, family groups.
Faces of the dead emerge from lost African American graveyard | Michael Ruane | July 9, 2021 | Washington Post
A team of scientists is set to exhume the former Palestinian leader's body on Tuesday in order to find out.
exhume , to dig out of the ground, or in the case of a fossil, to take out of its place of burial in the rock.
Unexplored! | Allen ChaffeeWhen a tribe quits one place to reside at another, they exhume the bones of their relations, and take them with them.
Borneo and the Indian Archipelago | Frank S. MarryatAt last he shut the book, and, laying it down, proceeded to exhume a morning coat.
Six Months at the Cape | R.M. BallantyneDeprived of the requisite authority, it was unable to do more than exhume the old laws on the matter and ordain new ones.
It is from among its ruins that the wondering fellah and explorer of to-day exhume the gorgeous relics of its past.
Patriarchal Palestine | Archibald Henry Sayce
British Dictionary definitions for exhume
/ (ɛksˈhjuːm) /
to dig up (something buried, esp a corpse); disinter
to reveal; disclose; unearth: don't exhume that old argument
Origin of exhume
1Derived forms of exhume
- exhumation (ˌɛkshjʊˈmeɪʃən), noun
- exhumer, noun
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