Vocabulary

Unearth

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
find (something) in the ground by digging.
Urdu meaning
کھود کر نکالنا، ظاہر کرنا، دریافت کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. But seven decades and three generations removed, what good does it do to unearth the wounds of Partition on YouTube?
  2. But seven decades and three generations removed, what good does it do to unearth the wounds of Partition on YouTube?
  3. Therefore, only a transparent probe can unearth the perpetrators behind the Swat bombing.
  4. A full investigation, therefore, is required to unearth how terrorists were able to go on the rampage, causing such high loss of life.
  5. Julian Assange`s team helped unearth undeniable evidence of the depth to which foreign talons are sunk into what otherwise wears the halo of normal political rivalries across South Asia.
Synonyms
dig up, excavate, exhume, disinter, bring to the surface, mine, quarry, pull out,

Antonyms
bury
Curator example
“workmen unearthed an ancient artillery shell”

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