exhume
verb (used with object)
to dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth; disinter.
will exhume
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future tenseof exhume.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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As soon as possible, they plan to return once more to Xonxa, where they will exhume Mr. Mweli and lay him to rest.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2020
There is no indication that Mr. Durham will exhume any information that will fundamentally change the understanding of what happened in 2016.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2019
A CBI spokesperson told BBC Hindi that the "CBI has appointed a medical board. If the board recommends that the bodies should be exhumed, then we will exhume the bodies".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2014
It is the first time Devon and Cornwall Police will exhume a body from religious grounds.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2011
As oft in icicles a flower remaineth Unwithered until spring its buds unchain, The young heart through lifes change a good retaineth, And will exhume its summer leaves again.
From Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius by A. J. (Augustine J.) O'Reilly
