Synonyms for "exhumation" (21 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(2 words)

disintermentdigging up

detectiondeterminationdisclosure

Strong matches (6)

disintermentespialexcavationexposurefindfinding

Related words (10)

inventionlocatinglocationrecognitionrevelationserendipitystriketreasure trovetroveuncovering

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

4 entries

actdeedhuman actionhuman activity

Antonyms

1 entries

burial

Synonyms

1 entries

disinterment

Related terms

1 entries

exhume

derived

1 entries

reexhumation

derived from

1 entries

exhume

is a

1 entries

act

related to

2 entries

burydig up

Translations

40 translations across 30 languages.

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Armenian

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• արտաշիրմում noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Belarusian

2 entries

• выко́пванне noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)
• эксгума́цыя noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Bulgarian

2 entries

• ексхума́ция noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)
• изра́вяне noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Catalan

1 entries

• exhumació noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 發掘 /发掘 noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Czech

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• exhumace noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Finnish

2 entries

• ekshumaatio noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)
• ylös kaivaminen noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

French

1 entries

• exhumation noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Galician

1 entries

• exhumación noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Georgian

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• ექსჰუმაცია noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

German

2 entries

• Enterdigung noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)
• Exhumierung noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Greek

1 entries

• εκταφή noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Hebrew

1 entries

• הוֹצָאָה מִן הַקֶּבֶר noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Hungarian

2 entries

• exhumálás noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)
• kihantolás noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Irish

1 entries

• dí-adhlacadh noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Italian

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• esumazione noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Japanese

1 entries

• 発掘 noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Korean

1 entries

• 발굴 noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Macedonian

1 entries

• ексхумација noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Māori

2 entries

• ehunga noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)
• hahunga noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Polish

1 entries

• ekshumacja noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Portuguese

1 entries

• exumação noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Romanian

1 entries

• exhumare noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Russian

2 entries

• выка́пывание noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)
• эксгума́ция noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• ekshumácija noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)
• ексхума́ција noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Slovak

1 entries

• exhumácia noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Slovene

2 entries

• ekshumacija noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)
• izkop noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Spanish

1 entries

• exhumación noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Turkish

1 entries

• ekshumasyon noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

Ukrainian

2 entries

• вико́пування noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)
• ексгума́ція noun (the act of digging up that which has been buried)

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