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excavate
verb
1 excavate
Recover through digging:
— Schliemann excavated Troy.
— Excavate gold.
synonym: unearth.
2 excavate
Find by digging in the ground.
synonyms: dig up, turn up.
Dutch: opdelven, opgraven
3 excavate
4 excavate
Remove the inner part or the core of:
— The mining company wants to excavate the hillside.
synonyms: dig, hollow.
Roget 252:
be concave
etc.
adj.;
retire,
cave in.
render concave
etc.
adj.;
depress,
hollow;
scoop,
scoop out;
gouge,
gouge out,
dig,
delve,
excavate,
dent,
dint,
mine,
sap,
undermine,
burrow,
tunnel,
stave in.
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Dutch: opdelven, uithollen
Moby thesaurus: avulse, bore, bring to light, bring up, burrow, clear, countersink, cut out, deepen, delve, depress, deracinate, dig, dig out, dig up, dike, disclose, disentangle, disinter, dive, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, drill, drive, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excise, exhume, expose, exsect, extract, extricate, ferret out, fish up, furrow, get out, gouge, gouge out, groove, grub, grub up, hollow out, lay bare, lower, mine, pick out, pluck out, pluck up, pull, pull out, pull up, quarry, rake out, remove, reveal, rip out, root out, root up, sap, scoop, scoop out, scrabble, scrape, scratch, shovel, sink, spade, take out, tear out, trench, trough, tunnel, turn up, uncover, unearth, unravel, uproot, weed out, withdraw, worm out, wrest out ... show more.
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