exhume
verb
, igz-ˈyüm, iks-ˈ(h)yüm\
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, ˌeg-zü- , ˌegz-yü- \
noun
, igz-ˈyü- , iks-ˈ(h)yü- \
noun
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bury, entomb, inhume, inter, tomb
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Read more: Notorious gangster John Dillinger will be exhumed from his grave. — Kayla Epstein, Washington Post, "The leader of a meth-dealing white supremacist gang escaped from jail with the dummy-in-the-bed trick," 2 Aug. 2019 Indiana health department spokeswoman Jeni O'Malley said that based on the permit, the agency expects Dillinger's body will be exhumed and reinterred on Sept. 16 - the date listed on the document. — CBS News, "Exhumation of 1930s gangster John Dillinger may end conspiracy theories, but dig won't be easy," 31 July 2019 The body of John Dillinger, the notorious 1930s bank robber depicted in numerous Hollywood films through the years, will be exhumed from its Indianapolis burial site, the Indiana State Department of Health confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, "John Dillinger's Body to Be Exhumed From Indiana Cemetery," 30 July 2019 Indiana health department spokeswoman Jeni O'Malley said that based on the permit, the agency expects Dillinger's body will be exhumed and reinterred on Sept. 16 — the date listed on the document. — Rick Callahan, chicagotribune.com, "Body of slain 1930s gangster John Dillinger to be exhumed in Indiana," 30 July 2019 Dillinger's body will be exhumed and reinterred by September 16 at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, according to the permit. — Michelle Lou, CNN, "Gangster John Dillinger's body will be exhumed from an Indiana cemetery," 30 July 2019 Authorities subsequently investigated hundreds of deaths, exhuming bodies of former patients. — David Rising, USA TODAY, "85 patient murders: Germany's worst serial killer, nurse Niels Hoegel, gets life sentence," 6 June 2019 The Indiana State Department of Health approved a permit sought by Dillinger’s nephew to have the body exhumed from Crown Hill Cemetery and reinterred there. — USA TODAY, "Milestone rhino, Bigfoot shooting, jailed for feeding cats: News from around our 50 states," 1 Aug. 2019 However, once the bodies were exhumed the caskets were present in each of the three graves. — Christopher Harress | Charress@al.com, al.com, "Second arrest made in abuse of corpse case at Mobile cemetery," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exhume.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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exhume
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, iks-ˈ(h)yüm
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