exhumation

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛks.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exhumation (countable and uncountable, plural exhumations)

  1. The act of digging up that which has been buried.

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French

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Etymology

From exhumer +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

Noun

exhumation f (plural exhumations)

  1. exhumation

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