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Meanings of
disinter
in English
Portuguese
exumar
Spanish
desenterrar
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Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies.
exhume
Portuguese
exumar
Usage of
disinter
in English
1
He could not
disinter
himself-itseemed like that-underthe eyes of Balthasar.
2
After some years, however, he was persuaded to
disinter
and publish them.
3
You will
disinter
the body, and you will throw it into the sewer.
4
Those who had fled into the funk-holes now gradually and head first
disinter
themselves.
5
He had sought to get permission to
disinter
the treasure, and had not succeeded.
6
If she wanted to
disinter
the ancient grievance, let her.
7
Yesterday, the gravediggers who came to
disinter
him slipped in under cover of darkness.
8
That threatened to spoil the visit for Mary and even to
disinter
the hatchet!
9
Steps should be taken immediately to
disinter
these remains and re-bury them in hallowed ground.
10
Go now to the country-house,
disinter
the body, and carry it up to the ground-floor.
11
Transparency means there are no more scandals to
disinter
.
12
She was having to
disinter
perfectly useless items to get access to the bare necessities.
13
It was hard for them to get permission to
disinter
her, but they got it.
14
Soon the authorities, as More continued his tale, had no choice but to
disinter
the corpse:
15
Held four years later, it requires the family to reassemble,
disinter
the body, and wash the bones.
16
Yet with the move to
disinter
Franco's remains, divisive issues from the past stalk today's political landscape.
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disinter
Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Frequent collocations
disinter the body
disinter a bottle
disinter lives
disinter perfectly
disinter remains
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Translations for
disinter
Portuguese
exumar
Spanish
desenterrar
exhumar
Disinter
through the time