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excavate
verb
Remove the inner part or the core of
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ˈɛk.skə.veɪt
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verb
Remove the inner part or the core of
“The mining company wants to excavate the hillside”
verb
Form by hollowing
“Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team”
verb
Find by digging in the ground
“I dug up an old box in the garden”
verb
Recover through digging
“Schliemann excavated Troy”
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The mining company wants to excavate the hillside
Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team
Excavate a cavity
I dug up an old box in the garden
Schliemann excavated Troy
Excavate gold
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