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exhume

verb as in dig up, especially the dead

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He exhumed corpses from graveyards in Wisconsin in the 1950s and admitted to killing at least two women whose bodies he then mutilated.

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Breaking for health tests, Ruci stayed there until October 7, when judicial authorities agreed to exhume his son's body for toxicology tests.

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After leaving a floral offering for her great-grandfather, whose remains have yet to be exhumed, Lucia rests in her father's arms.

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Their bodies have bound feet or missing heads; many corpses were exhumed and burned in situ.

So far, 32 bodies have been exhumed and more than 70 body parts found scattered in the forest.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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