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exhume

🇬🇧 UK/eks'(h)juːm/🇺🇸 US/ig'zju:m/
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Definitions

v.

To dig up a buried body from the ground; to bring something hidden to light

挖掘(尸体),掘出;揭露,重新发现

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
exout of, former
+
humearth, ground, low
+
esuffix
=exhume

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The body was exhumed for a second autopsy.

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