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unearth

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unearth
verb
1 workmen unearthed an ancient artillery shell:
dig up, excavate, exhume, disinter, bring to the surface, mine, quarry, pull out, root out, scoop out, disentomb, unbury.
antonyms bury.
2 some recent research has unearthed an interesting fact:
discover, uncover, find, come across, hit on, strike on, encounter, track down, bring to light, reveal, expose, elicit, turn up, dredge up, ferret out, hunt out, fish out, nose out, sniff out, smell out, take the wraps off.
antonyms cover up.
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