disinterred
Removed from grave
Disinterred means dug up from a grave or removed from the earth after burial.
The word applies literally to exhuming bodies: The remains were disinterred for reburial in the family plot.
Figuratively, to disinter is to bring something forgotten or hidden back to light: Scholars disinterred documents that had been neglected for centuries.
Serious and worrying
- coffinBurial container for remains
- remainsContinues in place
- corpseDeceased human body
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
cemetery · crypt · tomb · burial · casket · cadaver · mortuary · reburial
Dug up systematically
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- digUnearth by shoveling
site · tomb · mummies · sarcophagus · antiquities · pottery · barrow · cairn
Made visible or known
- revealedMade visible or known
- discoveredFound something previously unknown
- secretsConcealed information
- disclosureAct of revealing information
unveiling · exposed · resurfaced · rediscovered · hidden · forgotten · lost · suppressed
grave
Serious and worrying
skeleton · cemetery · crypt · tomb · burial · casket · cadaver · mortuary · reburial · autopsy
excavated
Dug up systematically
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
dig · site · tomb · mummies · sarcophagus · antiquities · pottery · barrow · cairn · catacomb
uncovered
Made visible or known
- revealedMade visible or known
- discoveredFound something previously unknown
- secretsConcealed information
disclosure · unveiling · exposed · resurfaced · rediscovered · hidden · forgotten · lost · suppressed · concealed
revived
Restored to consciousness
- resurrectedRestored to life
- revisitedWent back to
- rehashedReused without fresh thought
retrieved · recalled · memories · past · history · legacy · reputation · evidence · documents · records
disinterredinterred
Deposited in earth
buried · entombed · laid to rest · reburied · reinterred
disinterredburied
Placed beneath earth
concealed · hidden · covered up · suppressed · obscured