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exhumation

noun

The act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried

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Word length
10
Starts with
E
Ends with
N
Contains
XH
Scrabble score
22

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Pronunciation

ˌeks.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən

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noun

  1. The act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried

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