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EXCAVATE

Definition:

[verb] lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"
Synonyms: unearth
[verb] find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
Synonyms: dig up, turn up
[verb] form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
[verb] remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite"
Synonyms: dig, hollow