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Meanings of digging up in English
The act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried.
Synonyms
Examples for "exhumation"
Examples for "exhumation"
1
Venice, Italy: exhumation and study of plague victims; plague; public health measures
2
The family did not get permission for exhumation and second postmortem examination.
3
Giuttari sprang into action and directed an exhumation of the peasant's body.
4
Hawthorn made a motion for continuance until an exhumation could be performed.
5
By exhumation we have obtained most of our information on this subject.
1
First rule in a disinterment: Make sure you've got the right guy.
2
But I think I have found the suggestion of this action of Heathcliff's-thedisinterment.
3
Ponder the disinterment of Dr Who a decade ago.
4
Shortly after the disinterment, Abel said she was bankrupt.
5
But there aren't many companies whose entire oeuvre is worthy of disinterment for a lengthy festival.
Usage of digging up in English
1
Next step: Thinking of the future instead of digging up the past.
2
I can't go digging up some historic cemetery looking for bear victims.
3
Jerker is fully occupied digging up bits of Kenneth 'the Vagabond' Gustafsson.
4
A merry time for cracking open cornerstones and digging up time capsules.
5
They were all digging up gold when not working in the mill.
6
Others were digging up and feeding among the young mimosa-thorns and evergreens.
7
He began quite bluntly about the illegal digging up of Egorka's grave.
8
The city turned off our water and started digging up the yard.
9
Maria Clemm resorted to digging up the turnips meant for the cattle.
10
Sort of like you digging up those photographs and creating that website.
11
I've been all over the world digging up pieces of this story!
12
Incidentally, Joe wants to know why you're digging up his bottom land.
13
Joe, you know by now why we're digging up your bottom land.
14
His face is flushed from digging up the ground under the windows.
15
A trap for those foolish enough to come digging up the past.
16
Through the window I saw Gussie in the garden digging up some geraniums.
