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EXHUMATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exhumation mean?
• EXHUMATION (noun)
The noun EXHUMATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried
Familiarity information: EXHUMATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
digging up; disinterment; exhumation
Hypernyms ("exhumation" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Derivation:
exhume (dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies)
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