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exhume

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6 lettersPronunciation /ɛksˈ(h)juːm/Part of speech verbSorted eehmuxStarts with EEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies

Word origin

From Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).

Used in a sentence

  • The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.
  • Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill.
  • Long dead traditions are exhumed just for the tourists.

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