exhume
verb (used with object)
to dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.
exhumed
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past participleof exhume.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 exhume.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
exhumeverb (used with object)to dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.
Example Sentences
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In the year since the army recaptured Khartoum, authorities have exhumed and reburied "around 28,000 people", Hisham Zein al-Abdeen, head of forensic medicine at Sudan's health ministry, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
So Natalia had her husband's grave exhumed and Vitaly's remains moved hundreds of miles to Ukraine's capital.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
The team analyzed the DNA of 13 French soldiers exhumed in 2002 from a burial site in Vilnius, Lithuania, uncovered during archaeological excavations led by the Aix-Marseille University group.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2025
Someone who exhumed a recent interment without that knowledge might well have discovered something difficult to explain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
They burned it in one of the pots, and the stench was like a corpse exhumed for its bones too soon.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
