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excavate

verb as in dig up

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There have been attempts to excavate the remains, and many have been removed over the past half-decade.

In the years since, Alford has worked hard to excavate what she really feels.

However, de-miners crawling on their bellies to identify, excavate, and destroy mines remain the default modus operandi.

To excavate a hole under either of the four would have required more time than we believed we had to spare.

I looked among the dead, to see if I could find any iron implement with which to excavate the wall, or to break the chains.

Then the birds are able to obtain a foothold and to excavate with the bill, while clinging to the edge of the hole.

Before the locks could be built it became necessary to excavate down to bed rock.

This has operated to excavate numerous and extensive caves into the coast.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to excavate, such as: scrape, shovel, uncover, unearth, burrow, and cut.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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