The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.
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Exhume
//ɛkˈs(j)um//
Synonyms for "exhume" (16 found)
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Translations
46 translations across 28 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- արտաշիրիմել verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Aromanian
1 entries- dizgrop verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ексхуми́рам verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- изра́вям verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Catalan
1 entries- exhumar verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 發掘 /发掘 verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Czech
1 entries- exhumovat verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Dutch
1 entries- opgraven verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Finnish
2 entries- kaivaa ylös verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- paljastaa verb (to uncover, bring to light)
French
1 entries- exhumer verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Galician
2 entries- desenterrar verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- exhumar verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
German
1 entries- exhumieren verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Hawaiian
1 entries- huaʻi verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Hungarian
3 entries- exhumál verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- kihantol verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- kiás verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Icelandic
1 entries- grafa upp verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Ido
2 entries- dessepultar verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- ekterigar verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Irish
1 entries- dí-adhlaic verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Italian
1 entries- esumare verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Japanese
3 entries- 掘り出す verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- 掘り起こす verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- 発掘する verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Māori
3 entries- ehu verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- hahu verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- huaki verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Polish
1 entries- ekshumować verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Portuguese
2 entries- desenterrar verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- exumar verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Romanian
3 entries- deshuma verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- dezgropa verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- exhuma verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Russian
4 entries- вы́копать verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- вы́рыть verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- выка́пывать verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- вырыва́ть verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Spanish
1 entries- exhumar verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Swedish
2 entries- exhumera verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
- gräva upp verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ексгумува́ти verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Walloon
1 entries- coir verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Welsh
1 entries- datgladdu verb (To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter)
Sample sentences
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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