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Meanings of exhume in English

Portuguese
exumar
Spanish
desenterrar

Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies.

        exumar
        Synonyms
        Examples for "disinter"
        Examples for "disinter"
        1
        He could not disinter himself-itseemed like that-underthe eyes of Balthasar.
        Bunker Bean
        2
        After some years, however, he was persuaded to disinter and publish them.
        A History of English Literature
        3
        You will disinter the body, and you will throw it into the sewer.
        The Amulet
        4
        Those who had fled into the funk-holes now gradually and head first disinter themselves.
        Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
        5
        He had sought to get permission to disinter the treasure, and had not succeeded.
        The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
        Usage of exhume in English
        1
        But the decision to exhume the body initially divided Emmett's remaining family.
        The Guardian
        2
        We might exhume the body: what would that prove after three months?
        Blind Love
        3
        A government commission formed and a team was assembled to exhume the deceased.
        Bones of the Lost
        4
        Mr Tau expected Tuhoe to defy any ruling to exhume Mr Takamore's body.
        Radio NZ
        5
        The rest of us traipsed off day after day to exhume the past.
        Girl, Interrupted
        6
        She is there to exhume the remains of a nun proposed for sainthood.
        Death du Jour
        7
        The archdiocese wanted me to exhume and analyze the remains of a saint.
        Death du Jour
        8
        I want to exhume the stories of the people who dreamed.
        Ebony
        9
        If we can carefully exhume him, we may find out how he died.
        A nose for justice
        10
        It is pointless to exhume the reasons for his absence from our national team.
        The Guardian
        11
        Investigators will probably exhume Mr Khan's body, Mr Cina added.
        The Irish Times
        12
        And it would hardly be decent to exhume the remains.
        Burned Bridges
        13
        In this marginal space, two sisters exhume their past traumas.
        The Irish Times
        14
        They exhume the paralyzed man from his sheets and change his clothes opposite me.
        Light
        15
        But we exhume them from old documents to show how these things were done.
        Policing the Plains / Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous N...
        16
        Now outraged investors want to exhume the founder's body to make sure he's really dead.
        Wired
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        Translations for exhume
        Portuguese
        exumar
        Exhume through the time