disinter
verb (used with object)
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
has disinterred
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present perfectof disinter (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The Army has disinterred 32 remains of Native American children and returned them to their families and tribes at the Army’s expense since 2017, the OAC spokesperson said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
They say the military has disinterred and identified remains from other Pearl Harbor battleships and should do the same for their loved ones.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
Since August 2017, the Army has disinterred 22 remains of Native American children from the cemetery, including the 10 that occurred this year.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
That the BBC has disinterred this 35-year-old corpse is hardly shocking.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 24, 2010
The good get out of their tombs with a certain modest gaiety, an alacrity tempered by respect; one of them kneels to pray as soon as he has disinterred himself.
From A Little Tour of France by Joseph Pennell
