"exhumation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛks.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-exhumation.wav [US] Forms: exhumations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} exhumation (countable and uncountable, plural exhumations)
  1. The act of digging up that which has been buried. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: disinterment Related terms: exhume Translations (the act of digging up that which has been buried): արտաշիրմում (artaširmum) (Armenian), эксгума́цыя (ekshumácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), выко́пванне (vykópvannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), изра́вяне (izrávjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ексхума́ция (ekshumácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), exhumació [feminine] (Catalan), 發掘 (Chinese Mandarin), 发掘 (fājué) (Chinese Mandarin), exhumace [feminine] (Czech), ylös kaivaminen (Finnish), ekshumaatio (Finnish), exhumation [feminine] (French), exhumación (Galician), ექსჰუმაცია (ekshumacia) (Georgian), Exhumierung [feminine] (German), Enterdigung [feminine] (German), εκταφή (ektafí) [feminine] (Greek), הוֹצָאָה מִן הַקֶּבֶר (hotsa'á min hakéver) [feminine] (Hebrew), kihantolás (Hungarian), exhumálás (Hungarian), dí-adhlacadh [masculine] (Irish), esumazione [feminine] (Italian), 発掘 (hakkutsu) (alt: はっくつ) (Japanese), 발굴 (balgul) (alt: 發掘) (Korean), ексхумација (ekshumacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), hahunga (Maori), ehunga (Maori), ekshumacja [feminine] (Polish), exumação [feminine] (Portuguese), exhumare [feminine] (Romanian), эксгума́ция (eksgumácija) [feminine] (Russian), выка́пывание (vykápyvanije) (alt: тру́па) [neuter] (Russian), ексхума́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ekshumácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), exhumácia [feminine] (Slovak), ekshumacija [feminine] (Slovene), izkop [masculine] (Slovene), exhumación [feminine] (Spanish), ekshumasyon (Turkish), ексгума́ція (ekshumácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), вико́пування (vykópuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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        "The act of digging up that which has been buried."
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "artaširmum",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
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          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
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          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
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          "roman": "izrávjane",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
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          ],
          "word": "изра́вяне"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ekshumácija",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ексхума́ция"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exhumació"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "發掘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fājué",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "发掘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exhumace"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "ylös kaivaminen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "ekshumaatio"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exhumation"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "exhumación"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ekshumacia",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "ექსჰუმაცია"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Exhumierung"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Enterdigung"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ektafí",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εκταφή"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hotsa'á min hakéver",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הוֹצָאָה מִן הַקֶּבֶר"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "kihantolás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "exhumálás"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dí-adhlacadh"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esumazione"
        },
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          "alt": "はっくつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakkutsu",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "発掘"
        },
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          "alt": "發掘",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "balgul",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "발굴"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ekshumacija",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ексхумација"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "hahunga"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "ehunga"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ekshumacja"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exumação"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exhumare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "eksgumácija",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "эксгума́ция"
        },
        {
          "alt": "тру́па",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vykápyvanije",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "выка́пывание"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ексхума́ција"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ekshumácija"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exhumácia"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ekshumacija"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "izkop"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exhumación"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "word": "ekshumasyon"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ekshumácija",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ексгума́ція"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vykópuvannja",
          "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "вико́пування"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "word": "interment"
    }
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      "roman": "artaširmum",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "արտաշիրմում"
    },
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "ekshumácyja",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "be",
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      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ekshumácija",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ексхума́ция"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "exhumació"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "發掘"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fājué",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "发掘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exhumace"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "ylös kaivaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "ekshumaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exhumation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "exhumación"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ekshumacia",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "ექსჰუმაცია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Exhumierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Enterdigung"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ektafí",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εκταφή"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hotsa'á min hakéver",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הוֹצָאָה מִן הַקֶּבֶר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "kihantolás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "exhumálás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dí-adhlacadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esumazione"
    },
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      "alt": "はっくつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakkutsu",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "発掘"
    },
    {
      "alt": "發掘",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balgul",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "발굴"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ekshumacija",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ексхумација"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "hahunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "ehunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ekshumacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exumação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exhumare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "eksgumácija",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эксгума́ция"
    },
    {
      "alt": "тру́па",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vykápyvanije",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "выка́пывание"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ексхума́ција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ekshumácija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exhumácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ekshumacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "izkop"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exhumación"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "word": "ekshumasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ekshumácija",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ексгума́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vykópuvannja",
      "sense": "the act of digging up that which has been buried",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вико́пування"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exhumation"
}

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