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- 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
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| definition 2: |
to bring out of obscurity; unearth.
We tried to disinter the facts.- antonyms:
- bury
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| related words: |
excavate |
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| derivation: |
disinterment (n.) |
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