excavate
/ˈɛkskʌveɪt/
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recover through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"; "excavate gold"
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find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
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form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University''s rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
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remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"