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exhume

verb as in dig up, especially the dead

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A team of scientists is set to exhume the former Palestinian leader's body on Tuesday in order to find out.

Exhume , to dig out of the ground, or in the case of a fossil, to take out of its place of burial in the rock.

When a tribe quits one place to reside at another, they exhume the bones of their relations, and take them with them.

At last he shut the book, and, laying it down, proceeded to exhume a morning coat.

Deprived of the requisite authority, it was unable to do more than exhume the old laws on the matter and ordain new ones.

It is from among its ruins that the wondering fellah and explorer of to-day exhume the gorgeous relics of its past.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to exhume, such as: disclose, resurrect, unearth, disinter, reveal, and disembalm.

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

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