Meaning Of The Word Exhume

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What's The Definition Of Exhume?

exhume
If a dead person's body is exhumed, 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.

exhume in American English
to dig out of the earth; disinter
transitive verb: to dig (something buried, esp. a dead body) out of the earth; disinter

exhume in British English
to dig up (something buried, esp a corpse); disinter
transitive verb: to disinter

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