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

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Recent Examples of disinter 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 The Department of Defense had undertaken the arduous task of disinterring and sorting through the commingled skeletons. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024 The American Graves Registration Service disinterred 65 sets of remains from the prison in early 1946, after World War II ended. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disinter

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“Disinter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinter. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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