exhume
verb | /exhume/
dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground
exhume
verb | /exhume/
Advanced WordsHARDdig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground
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"The investigators decided to exhume the body to conduct further tests."
"Archaeologists exhumed artifacts buried for centuries."
Mnemonic Trick
EXHUME → EX + HUME (earth): take out of ground — unearth the buried.
Etymology
From Latin ex- (out) + humus (ground).
Used for digging up buried remains or objects.
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