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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up, especially the dead |
| Synonyms: | disclose, disembalm, disentomb, disinhume, disinter, resurrect, reveal, unbury, uncharnel, unearth |
| Antonyms: | bury |
| Main Entry: | unearth |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig up |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, bring to light, catch on, delve, determine, discover, disinter, dredge up, excavate, exhibit, exhume, expose, ferret, find, find out, hear, hit upon, learn, reveal, root, see, see the light, show, spark, spotlight*, strike, stumble on, turn up, unbury, uncover, uproot |
| Antonyms: | bury |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Example Sentences
- Hultin got permission from village authorities to exhume the bodies.
- To answer these sorts of questions, forensic anthropologists locate graves and exhume remains.
- Long will exhume the remains of the young doctor long.
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