disinterment

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

disinterment
    n 1: the act of digging something out of the ground (especially
         a corpse) where it has been buried [syn: {exhumation},
         {disinterment}, {digging up}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Disinterment \Dis`in*ter"ment\, n.
   The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth;
   exhumation.
   [1913 Webster]

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