Definition of Exhume in Real Context for ESL Learners

Definition of Exhume with images in authentic context for advanced English learners with synonyms as a legal term in English

/eksˈhjuːm/ US /egˈzuːm/ (verb)

Definition

to disinter a dead body or corpse that has already been buried usually with a court order for forensic investigation or any kind of inquest, disentomb, dig up a body from grave, unearth – dig up, dig out, reintroduce something, disclose

Example

A Zimbabwean court on Friday ordered that the body of former president Robert Mugabe be exhumed from his rural home village and be reburied at the National Heroes’ Acre cemetery in the capital, Harare, South African news channel eNCA reported.

In May, a traditional court in Zimbabwe ordered Mugabe’s widow, Grace, to exhume his body and have him reburied at Heroes’ Acre. The chief said Grace Mugabe had not followed local traditions when burying the former president, and also fined her five cattle and a goat.

Source of example: https://mg.co.za/

Antonyms

inter, bury

Parts of speech

Noun: exhumation

Noun: exhumer