verb
- past tense of exhume; dug up and removed from the ground, especially a dead body from a grave
Usage: formal; often used in legal or investigative contexts
Examples
- The body was exhumed for further investigation.
- Archaeologists exhumed ancient artifacts from the site.
- The remains were exhumed and reburied in the family plot.
- Police exhumed the victim to gather new evidence.
- The coffin was exhumed after twenty years.
- Scientists exhumed the specimen for DNA testing.