Definition of Exhume
Exhume
ex·hume
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(verb)
To dig up a buried corpse or remains, especially for reburial or autopsy.
e.g. The police ordered the grave to be exhumed to gather evidence for the murder investigation.
(verb)
to expose a previously covered surface of land;
e.g. Landforms have been exhumed from beneath the sediments.
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