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disinterred

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What does disinterred mean?

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of disinter

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The Eucharistic Congress had doubtless sucked out of their local stagnation many such creatures, blind and helpless, like moles disinterred.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonThe innocence of Father BrownProject Gutenberg ebook #204
When the fort was abandoned a few years ago, their bodies were disinterred and removed to the National cemetery at Washington.
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) MunkArizona SketchesProject Gutenberg ebook #756
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It was then arranged that all the parties should meet again next day to identify, if possible, the body, which had been disinterred for that purpose.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
If a strict watch had not been kept over his grave for months, the body would have been disinterred, and the bones carried away as memorials.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636
Moritz gives the instance of a woman dying in pregnancy, undelivered, who happened to be disinterred several days after burial.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747