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(v)
excavate
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unearth
recover through digging
“Schliemann excavated Troy”
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“excavate gold”
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(v)
excavate
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dig up
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turn up
find by digging in the ground
“I dug up an old box in the garden”
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(v)
excavate
form by hollowing
“Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team”
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“excavate a cavity”
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(v)
excavate
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dig
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hollow
remove the inner part or the core of
“the mining company wants to excavate the hillside”
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