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disinter

verb

dis·​in·​ter ˌdis-in-ˈtər How to pronounce disinter (audio)
disinterred; disinterring; disinters

transitive verb

1
: to take out of the grave or tomb
2
: to bring back into awareness or prominence
also : to bring to light : unearth
disinterment noun

Synonyms

Example Sentences

The body was disinterred for further study. the Egyptian mummy was carefully disinterred
Recent Examples on the Web Operation Identification, a humanitarian program at Texas State University, in San Marcos, run by Kate Spradley, a forensic anthropologist, has been working to locate these graves, disinter the bodies for DNA testing, and repatriate them. Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022 Earlier this year, an Arlington official responded, saying the Army did not have the legal authority to disinter Chabrol. Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 28 June 2022 The military is now using new DNA-identification techniques to disinter and test unidentified remains from the Korean War, and some due to be examined in late 2022 or early 2023 come from the same region where Jimmy Cribben went missing in 1953. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021 If the money did not come, the cemetery disinterred the remains. The Economist, 28 May 2020 In recent years, some of these human remains have reappeared aboveground: Erosion of the Hart Island shoreline has caused bones to be disinterred and scattered along the beachfront. Jody Rosen, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020 Her father’s body was one of seven disinterred last year and taken to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for a forensic autopsy generally performed in cases of violent or suspicious deaths. Matt Zapotosky, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2020 In 2009, a detective, hoping to use new DNA analysis methods to find a new lead, arranged for the body to be disinterred, according to court documents. NBC News, 15 Mar. 2020 In 1986, developers disinterred the remains of 72 people near Nacogdoches Road and Loop 1604 without the family’s consent. Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 12 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of disinter was in 1611

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