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  • 21unearth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. exhume, disinter; expose, disclose, discover, uncover; eradicate, uproot, dig up. See extraction, interment, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring to light] Syn. discover, find, uncover; see… …

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  • 22unearth — un|earth [ ʌn ɜrθ ] verb transitive 1. ) to discover something or someone that was not known before or that people had kept secret, especially by searching very thoroughly: He unearthed a rare early recording by Billie Holiday. 2. ) to find… …

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  • 23unearth — [[t]ʌ̱nɜ͟ː(r)θ[/t]] unearths, unearthing, unearthed 1) VERB If someone unearths facts or evidence about something bad, they discover them with difficulty, usually because they were being kept secret or were being lied about. [V n] Researchers… …

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  • 24unearth — v. dig up, excavate; uncover, discover …

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  • 25unearth — haunter …

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  • 26unearth — verb 1》 find in the ground by digging.     ↘discover by investigation or searching. 2》 drive (an animal, especially a fox) out of a hole or burrow …

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  • 27unearth — v. a. 1. Uncover, draw from the earth. 2. Bring to light, disclose, bring out from concealment, ferret out, find out, draw out …

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  • 28unearth — verb (T) 1 to find out the truth about something: The reporter had unearthed some important secrets about her. 2 to find something after searching for it, especially something that has been buried in the ground …

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  • 29unearth — verb 1) workers unearthed an artillery shell Syn: dig up, excavate, exhume, disinter, root out, unbury 2) I unearthed an interesting fact Syn: discover, uncover, find, come across, stumble upon …

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  • 30unearth — v 1. dig up, exhume, excavate, grub up, dredge up; mine, quarry, pull out, root out, deracinate; disinter; unbury, untomb, disentomb, unsepulcher. 2. uncover, discover, find, come across, hit upon; bring to light, expose, reveal, disclose; turn… …

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