exhume

/ɛks.ˈ(h)juːm//ɛkˈ.s(j)um/

verb

  1. 1

    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. 2

    To uncover; to bring to light.

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