disinterred

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Some reports claimed remains housed there had been disinterred.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

In June 2021, the U.S. disinterred the remains of 652 unidentified Korean War casualties buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.

From Washington Times • May 19, 2023

In 2021, the remains were disinterred for testing, and in February of this year, laboratory analysis “and the totality of the circumstantial evidence available” established one set of remains as Carrillo’s, according to the agency.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2023

The remains were disinterred in 2018 and sent to Hawaii for further analysis.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022

The skull of old Major, now clean of flesh, had been disinterred from the orchard and set up on a stump at the foot of the flagstaff, beside the gun.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell