[VN] [usuallypassive] (formal) to remove a dead body from the ground especially in order to examine how the person died:
The body was exhumed on the order of the judge.
exhumation noun [U]:
A committee was appointed to supervise the exhumation and identification of the bodies.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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