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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 buriedplay

  Familiarity information: EXHUMATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXHUMATION (noun)


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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