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Meanings of exhumation in English
Excavation of a buried corpse; act of digging up, especially a corpse. This is most often done to relocate a body to a different burial spot.
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Usage of exhumation in English
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.
6
The point of exhumation is not twenty miles distant from Cardiff.
7
The candidates also clashed on the recent exhumation of former dictator Francisco Franco.
8
I'd yet to do an exhumation that had gone as planned.
9
Blanton was heading stateside as soon as the exhumation and analysis were completed.
10
Should an exhumation and autopsy be completed sooner, the hearing would resume immediately.
11
The Robeson County sheriff was present when I did the exhumation in Lumberton.
12
When all was ready the exhumation took place, and very imposing it was.
13
For Monsieur Domini is going to order the exhumation of Sauvresy.
14
Negotiations for this exhumation began almost immediately after accusations were laid.
15
I'll be handling field ops for the exhumation in Sheyn Bagh.
16
If done poorly, this exhumation could have torpedoed what little goodwill we've reestablished.
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Exhumation through the time
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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