exhume

 
Pronunciation: /ɛksˈ(h)juːm, ɪgˈzjuːm/

verb

[with object]
  • dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground: the bodies were exhumed on the orders of a judge
  • Geology expose (a land surface) that was formerly buried: various landforms have been exhumed from beneath a covering of Triassic sediments

Derivatives

exhumation

Pronunciation: /-ˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from medieval Latin exhumare, from ex- 'out of' + humus 'ground'