Crossword-Solution: EXHUMATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Exhumation | n. | The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “EXHUMATION”
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| Archaeologist's work | 1 answer |
| the act of digging something out of the ground where it has been buried | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RETEA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with EXHUMATION (5)
But on what trifling chances do our fortunes depend! If Porter had not seen him that night, it is more than likely that there would have been an exhumation.
What signifies this exhumation of an anti-popular politician? It signifies that Armand Carrel wished to make government an individual and irremovable, but elective, property, and that he wished this property to be elected, not by the people, but by the army.
Word of the growing suspicion against her reached Mme Boursier, and she now hastened to ask the magistrates for an exhumation and a post-mortem examination.
Led by rumours of the bluish stains--almost certain indications of a violent death--the authorities, said the accusation, ordered an exhumation and autopsy.
She wrote to the Procureur du Roi, demanding an exhumation, with the belief, no doubt, that time would have effaced the poison.
Quotes with EXHUMATION (3)
Death is buried there into death Hunger strikes on its own last breath No spine to shiver, no heart talks At life’s craving poverty mocks From the poem 'Exhumation
How many times, in those first weeks, did he enter the room and stand by the door, unable to speak? How many times did she ask, "Do you need anything?" And he would say, "No." And she would say "Are you sure?" And he would say, "Yes," but think, Ask again. And she would say, "I know," but think, Come to me. And he would say , "Ask again." And she would say, "Come to me." And saying nothing, he would. There they would be, side by side, her hand on his thigh, his head resting o…
The aftermath of someone’s death is vertiginous, a murky, shimmering mass; to look at it head-on is to see only the fog of emotion. One must approach it sideways, entering it by way of an exhumation of facts and retrospections . . .
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1969).