Exhume – To dig up something buried in the ground

(Pronounced eks-hyoom)

To remember the definition of the word exhume, use the following mnemonic:

My ex was not human (exhume) and I dug up the body to prove it. 

Examples of exhume in a sentence

Fears of a vampire terrorising the village caused them to exhume the entire graveyard in an effort to catch it. 

They decided to exhume the body and reopen the case in an attempt to finally solve the murder.

He was horrified to find her grave had been exhumed and plundered of all the valuables she was buried with.