单词 | exhume |
释义 | exhume (ekshjuːm , US ɪgzuːm ) Word forms: exhumes , exhuming , exhumed verb [usually passive] 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. [formal] His remains have been exhumed from a cemetery in Queens, New York City. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: dig up, unearth, disinter, unbury exhumation (ekshjuːmeɪʃən )Word forms: exhumations variable noun Detectives ordered the exhumation when his wife said she believed he had been killed. |
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