as in to unearth
to remove from place of burial the Egyptian mummy was carefully disinterred

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Recent Examples of disinter Representative Scott Perry, a Pennsylvania Republican, introduced a bill on Tuesday to disinter a veteran's remains from a military cemetery. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 In 2022, the remains were disinterred and sent to the DPAA laboratory for identification. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025 Some reports claimed remains housed there had been disinterred. Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025 The remains were disinterred and transferred to a laboratory, where 35 sets of remains were identified. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for disinter
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  • In April, a University of Pennsylvania professor spoke with Fox News Digital about unearthing the tomb of an unknown pharaoh near Abydos.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
  • In Xianyang, China, on the banks of the Weihe River, the remains of ancient homes have been unearthed for the first time in thousands of years.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025

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“Disinter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinter. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.

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