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  • Definition
    • excavate :recover through digging
      • Schliemann excavated Troy|excavate gold

    • excavate :find by digging in the ground
      • I dug up an old box in the garden

    • excavate :form by hollowing
      • Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team|excavate a cavity

    • excavate :remove the inner part or the core of
      • the mining company wants to excavate the hillside

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