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Definition of exhume verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

exhume

 verb
verb
NAmE//ɪɡˈzum//
 
[usually passive] exhume something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they exhume
 
he / she / it exhumes
 
past simple exhumed
 
-ing form exhuming
 
 
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to remove a dead body from the ground especially in order to examine how the person died synonym dig up The body was exhumed on the order of the judge.
exhumation
 
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NAmE//ˌɛɡzuˈmeɪʃn//
 
, NAmE//ˌɛkshyuˈmeɪʃn//
 
noun [uncountable] A committee was appointed to supervise the exhumation and identification of the bodies.See exhume in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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