disinter
verb (used with object)
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
were disinterring
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past progressiveof disinter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They were disinterring bits of crockery, china and glassware.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum
