disentombing
Extracting from burial
Disentombing is the present participle of disentomb—to remove from a tomb or grave, or more broadly, to bring something buried or hidden back into the open.
The word applies literally to exhumation and figuratively to uncovering what has been concealed or forgotten: disentombing old family secrets, disentombing artifacts from the ruins.
Revealing something hidden
- unearthingDiscovering something hidden
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- exposureState of being unprotected
- unveilingAct of first revealing
secrets · unmasking · discovery · revelation · hidden · buried · forgotten · concealed
Burial container for remains
- graveSerious and worrying
- remainsContinues in place
- corpseDeceased human body
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
burial · cemetery · sepulcher · cadaver · mausoleum · gravedigger · mortician · interment
Act of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- siteDesignated location
- digUnearth by shoveling
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
trowel · potsherds · ceramics · antiquity · prehistoric · neolithic · fieldwork · context
Regaining what was lost
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- retrievalAct of getting back
- revivalReturn after decline
- resurrectionRevival from death
rehabilitation · salvage · rescue · preservation · conservation · repatriation · restitution · return
uncovering
Revealing something hidden
- unearthingDiscovering something hidden
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- exposureState of being unprotected
unveiling · secrets · unmasking · discovery · revelation · hidden · buried · forgotten · concealed · suppressed
coffin
Burial container for remains
crypt · burial · cemetery · sepulcher · cadaver · mausoleum · gravedigger · mortician · interment · disinterment
excavation
Act of unearthing
stratigraphy · trowel · potsherds · ceramics · antiquity · prehistoric · neolithic · fieldwork · context · survey
recovery
Regaining what was lost
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- retrievalAct of getting back
- revivalReturn after decline
resurrection · rehabilitation · salvage · rescue · preservation · conservation · repatriation · restitution · return · reconstitution
disentombingentombing
Placing in a sealed chamber
interring · burying · laying to rest · reinterring · reburying
tomb, tombstone, entomb, tombed, entombment, entombed, entombs, disentomb, disentombed