Exhume (Verb)
Meaning
Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The police obtained a court order to exhume the body in order to re-examine the evidence and solve the cold case.
- Archaeologists carefully exhumed the remains to study the ancient burial practices and rituals.
- The family decided to exhume their loved one's body and rebury it in a new cemetery closer to home.
- Forensic experts exhumed the body to collect DNA samples and compare them to the suspect's DNA.
- Historians exhumed the body of the famous general to confirm the cause of his mysterious death.