EXHUME


Meaning of EXHUME in English

(~s, exhuming, ~d)

If a dead person’s body is ~d, it is taken out of the ground where it is buried, especially so that it can be examined in order to find out how the person died. (FORMAL)

His remains have been ~d from a cemetery in Queen’s, New York City.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed

exhumation (exhumations)

Detectives ordered the exhumation when his wife said she believed he had been killed.

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