exhumation
noun[CorU]
formaluk/ˌeks.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌeks.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/theactofremovingadeadbodyfrom thegroundafter it has beenburied:
土葬起掘Thepoliceorderedthe exhumation of severalbodies.警方下令挖掘出几具尸体。
Flooding hasforcedexhumations on somePacificislands.在一些太平洋岛屿上，由于洪水，一些被土葬的人重新露出地表。
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exhume
- Ateamofarchaeologists,anthropologists, andtechnicianshas beenassembledto do theintricate,grislyworkof exhumation.
- Investigatorsrequestedexhumation soproperidentificationcan be made.
- Exhumations ofmassgravesinformerconflictareasareintendedtoobtainevidence.
Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
- bier
- burial
- bury
- committal
- cremains
- cremation
- cryogenic
- embalmer
- exhume
- ghat
- mummify
- mummy
- rebury
- reinter
- reinterment
- sarcophagus
- sati
- suttee
- taxidermist
- taxidermy