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Definition of exhumation in English: exhumationnoun ɛks(h)juːˈmeɪʃ(ə)n mass noun1The action of digging up something buried, especially a corpse. the exhumation of bodies was ordered following protests by the villagers the exhumation of a prisoners' mass grave Example sentencesExamples - The exhumation of Roman artifacts reinforced the enduring power of such symbols.
- The pathologist who conducted a post-mortem examination following exhumation, concluded that death was "consistent with potassium poisoning".
- Earlier this year, Wiltshire Constabulary oversaw the exhumation of the body of a heroin addict.
- A forensic pathologist was not present for the exhumation.
- Following this revelation, other recent sudden deaths in the household were recalled and permission was granted for the exhumation of three more bodies.
- A white canvas tent surrounded the exhumation site at the Cemetery, where several onlookers gathered to watch.
- He agreed to the exhumation of his grandfather, who died in 1966, from a plot in the Cemetery last May.
- The initial involvement of the Home Office in granting permission for the exhumation of three bodies did not end there.
- A recent exhumation of scores of bodies adds to the already rancid smell inside the church.
- The exhumation was supervised by a local DNA specialist, who took samples from the body.
- 1.1Geology The exposure of a land surface that was formerly buried.
the exhumation of rock to the surface Example sentencesExamples - This same belt has undergone asymmetric Cenozoic uplift and exhumation of up to 3000 m, with gentler dip towards the North Sea basin but with a sharper edge on the west side.
- This profile therefore suggests that the observed palaeotemperatures could be explained largely in terms of extra heating as a result of additional depth of burial, with subsequent cooling due to exhumation and erosion.
- Therefore deeper burial, and subsequent exhumation during this interval, provides a viable explanation of the observed early Tertiary palaeotemperatures in this well.
- The pattern of Cenozoic uplift and exhumation of mainland Britain is perhaps best defined across northern England.
- The magnitude of this exhumation was stronger along the present-day coastline where the deep-seated late Palaeozoic to Mid-Jurassic plutono-metamorphic belt is now exposed.
- A belt of hot, low-density uppermost mantle underlying mainland Britain down to at least 200 km depth, revealed by seismic tomography, may be the prime cause of the Cenozoic uplift and exhumation.
- Moreover, it is possible that some Jurassic sediments that were not completely eroded during the early Cretaceous could have been removed during a Palaeogene exhumation episode.
Definition of exhumation in US English: exhumationnoun 1The action of digging up something buried, especially a corpse. the exhumation of bodies was ordered following protests by the villagers the exhumation of a prisoners' mass grave Example sentencesExamples - The initial involvement of the Home Office in granting permission for the exhumation of three bodies did not end there.
- A recent exhumation of scores of bodies adds to the already rancid smell inside the church.
- The exhumation was supervised by a local DNA specialist, who took samples from the body.
- The pathologist who conducted a post-mortem examination following exhumation, concluded that death was "consistent with potassium poisoning".
- The exhumation of Roman artifacts reinforced the enduring power of such symbols.
- Following this revelation, other recent sudden deaths in the household were recalled and permission was granted for the exhumation of three more bodies.
- A forensic pathologist was not present for the exhumation.
- He agreed to the exhumation of his grandfather, who died in 1966, from a plot in the Cemetery last May.
- A white canvas tent surrounded the exhumation site at the Cemetery, where several onlookers gathered to watch.
- Earlier this year, Wiltshire Constabulary oversaw the exhumation of the body of a heroin addict.
- 1.1Geology The exposure of a land surface that was formerly buried.
the exhumation of rock to the surface Example sentencesExamples - A belt of hot, low-density uppermost mantle underlying mainland Britain down to at least 200 km depth, revealed by seismic tomography, may be the prime cause of the Cenozoic uplift and exhumation.
- This same belt has undergone asymmetric Cenozoic uplift and exhumation of up to 3000 m, with gentler dip towards the North Sea basin but with a sharper edge on the west side.
- The pattern of Cenozoic uplift and exhumation of mainland Britain is perhaps best defined across northern England.
- The magnitude of this exhumation was stronger along the present-day coastline where the deep-seated late Palaeozoic to Mid-Jurassic plutono-metamorphic belt is now exposed.
- This profile therefore suggests that the observed palaeotemperatures could be explained largely in terms of extra heating as a result of additional depth of burial, with subsequent cooling due to exhumation and erosion.
- Therefore deeper burial, and subsequent exhumation during this interval, provides a viable explanation of the observed early Tertiary palaeotemperatures in this well.
- Moreover, it is possible that some Jurassic sediments that were not completely eroded during the early Cretaceous could have been removed during a Palaeogene exhumation episode.
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