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Excavate
ˈɛkskəveɪt
Excavate definitions
verb
excavate
excavated
excavates
excavating
- make (a hole or channel) by digging
"the cheapest way of doing this was to excavate a long trench"
- dig out material from (the ground)
"the ground was largely excavated by hand"
- extract (material) from the ground by digging
"a large amount of gravel would be excavated to form the channel"
- remove earth carefully from (an area) in order to find buried remains
"the site was excavated in 1975"
- reveal or extract (buried remains) while excavating an area
"clothing and weapons were excavated from the burial site"