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exhume
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ex·hume  (g-zm, -zym, k-sym, ks-hym)
tr.v. ex·humed, ex·hum·ing, ex·humes
1. To remove from a grave; disinter.
2. To bring to light, especially after a period of obscurity.

[French exhumer, from Medieval Latin exhumre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin humus, ground; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]

exhu·mation (gzy-mshn, kshy-) n.
ex·humer n.

exhume [ig-zyume]
Verb
[-huming, -humed] Formal to dig up something buried, esp. a corpse [Latin ex out + humus the ground]
exhumation n
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Verb1.exhume - dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
dig up, excavate, turn up - find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"

exhume
verb dig up, unearth, disinter, unbury, disentomb << OPPOSITE bury
Translations
exhume
v exhume [igˈzjuːm]
to dig out (especially a body from a grave). opgrawe, uitgrawe يَسْتَخْرِج جُثَّه من قَبْر ексхумирам exhumovat opgrave exhumieren, ans Tageslicht bringen ξεθάβω exhumar, desenterrar hauast välja kaevama نبش قبر کردن kaivaa esiin exhumer לְהוֹצִיא מְהָקֶבֶר जमीन खोद कर निकालना iskopati exhumál menggali dari kuburan grafa upp (lík) esumare 掘り出す 발굴하다 iškasti, ekshumuoti ekshumēt, izrakt (līķi) menggali opgraven grave opp ekshumować exumar/desenterrar a exhuma эксгумировать exhumovať izkopati (mrliča) ekshumirati gräva upp ขุดศพ; ขุดค้น mezardan çıkarmak (從墳墓內)掘出(屍體等) викопувати, ексгумувати زمین کھود کر نکالنا khai quật内)
n exhumation [eksjuˈmeiʃən]
opgrawing, uitgrawing إسْتِخْراج جُثَّه من قَبْر ексхумация exhumace opgravning die Exhumierung εκταφή exhumación hauast väljakaevamine نبش قبر esiin kaivaminen exhumation הוֹצָאָה מְהַקֶבֶר शवोत्खनन iskopavanje, ekshumacija exhumálás penggalian uppgröftur (líks) esumazione 発掘 발굴, 무덤 발굴 ekshumacija ekshumācija, (līķa) izrakšana penggalian opgraving oppgraving ekshumacja exumação exhumare эксгумация exhumácia izkop ekshumacija uppgrävning, gravöppning การขุดศพ mezardan çıkarma 掘墓 викопування, ексгумація مدفون کو قبر سے باہر نکالنے کی کارروائی sự khai quật


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Kilimnik's savagely obsessive exhumations of bedroom-bunker fandom and its eventual transmutation in her loving but tellingly stunted painterly idylls may draw from the same mass-cultural substrate as Peyton's romantic makeovers, but Kilimnik turns the allure of the glossies inside out, whereas Peyton ties it up with a Kate Spade bow.
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After the war, French police reported with sympathy the clandestine exhumations by women who refused to leave the body of their loved ones in official cemeteries.
 
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