excavate
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- (transitive) If you excavate something, you make a hole (in it) by digging.
- The dirt nearby was excavated for future construction.
- The ground here was excavated by machine.
- (transitive) If you excavate something, you find it by digging.
- The artifacts near the dig site were excavated carefully.