🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

掘り起こす

Pronunciation / Transliteration: horiokosu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disinter/ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːr/
verbCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #15420 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"警察は遺体を掘り起こす許可を得た。"

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To dig up something that has been buried, especially a corpse.

    "The authorities decided to disinter the body for further forensic examination."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

From Late Middle English, via French from Medieval Latin 'dis-'(expressing reversal) + Latin 'interrare' (to inter, from terra 'earth').

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