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excavate
/ˈɛkskəˌveɪt/ · 8 letters · 6 distinct letters
- verb
recover through digging
Schliemann excavated Troy
- verb
find by digging in the ground
I dug up an old box in the garden
- verb
form by hollowing
Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team
- verb
remove the inner part or the core of
the mining company wants to excavate the hillside