disinter

/dˌɪsɪntˈɜː/

[verb]

to disinter

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies

synonyms : exhume

Examples

1. Finally, in 2014, Hussein was disinterred.

2. They actually disinterred Beethoven's bones in 1863, because someone on the Music Society Committee in Vienna had this idea that they needed to put his remains in a metal coffin and to spare them from further decay.

3. When her corpse was disinterred, she was found face down, with scratches on her forehead.

4. Five years after his death and burial, Dr. Remigio Leroy was the first corpse to be disinterred on June 9, 1865.