exhume

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɛks.ˈ(h)juːm/, /ɪɡ.ˈzjuːm/
• (America) IPA: /ɛkˈ.s(j)um/, /ɪɡˈz(j)um/

Verb

exhume (exhumes, present participle exhuming; past and past participle exhumed)

1. (transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

   The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.

2. (transitive, figurative) To uncover; to bring to light.
   • 2009, S. E. Wilmer, Writing and Rewriting National Theatre Histories (page 47)

     Memorial was permeated by a sense of mission, a moral imperative to exhume the truth and display it to the eyes of its compatriots, whatever feelings of shame, outrage, denial, or shock might ensue.

Synonyms

• dig up, disinter, unbury, unearth

Antonyms

• bury, inhume, inter

Translations

• French: exhumer
• German: exhumieren
• Italian: esumare
• Portuguese: exumar, desenterrar
• Russian: эксгуми́ровать
• Spanish: exhumar

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