verb
- dug up and removed from a grave or burial place
- brought back to attention or made known again after being forgotten or hidden
Usage: past tense and past participle of disinter
Usage: figurative use
Examples
- The archaeologists disinterred ancient artifacts from the burial site.
- The body was disinterred for forensic examination.
- Historians disinterred forgotten documents from the archives.
- The scandal was disinterred by investigative journalists decades later.
- Officials disinterred the remains to relocate the cemetery.
- The old controversy was disinterred during the political campaign.