The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.
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Exhume
/ɛkˈs(j)um/
Synonyms for "exhume" (34 found)
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Verb(5 words)
bring to lightdisclose
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Related words (17)
turn up
Verb(10 words)
Noun(6 words)
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5 entriesexhume artifactsexhume bonesexhume evidenceexhume memoriesexhume remains
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4 total sentences available.
Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill.
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Long dead traditions are exhumed just for the tourists.
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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.
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