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disinter

dis·in·ter

disinter

 
 
pronunciation:
dIs ihn tuhr
features:
Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: disinters, disinterring, disinterred
definition 1: to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume.
Police disinterred the body for DNA testing.
antonyms:
bury, entomb, inter
definition 2: to bring out of obscurity; unearth.
We tried to disinter the facts.
antonyms:
bury
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derivation: disinterment (n.)