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Excavate meaning
To make a hole in (something); to hollow. | To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out. | To uncover (something) by digging.
Example sentences (20)
And the title just seemed like this was her quest – to excavate, not necessarily in the soil, but to excavate in the record, to light up shadow.
After that, a replacement bridge will be built next to it to reroute traffic while crews excavate the fill to restore the exit ramp, officials said.
A geographical survey of the eight to 10 acre site was carried out to identify what is underground and which areas to excavate.
The MDOs would excavate and deliver coal to the companies in accordance with the approved mining plan, sources said.
Archaeologists excavate at the Gulkana Site in the 1970s.
But archaeologists have yet to excavate any skeletons comparable with those found previously at York Station.
Chatham-Kent council voted earlier this month to excavate an entire block of the downtown to confirm whether there are any more gas or water wells following the 2021 gas explosion that destroyed two buildings.
In London, I'd travel miles to Congolese shops to excavate bags of attiéké from the permafrost at the bottom of a chest freezer, stockpiling it for dinner guests I could evangelise.
Now the council are aiming to use a crane to excavate and move the sculpture, causing outrage from the local tenant's association.
The state EPA also added to that response crews will excavate impacted soil, and officials will take the appropriate steps to ensure that waterways and residents are safe.
The Tribe employed Auburn University researchers to properly excavate the site and monitor any construction efforts.
After initial tests were conducted, efforts to fully excavate the ship are now underway.
After miners excavate rock, a processing plant crushes it to recover valuable minerals such as gold or copper.
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow named Edith Pretty hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate.
He applied for funding from the Australian government to excavate the amber, and he and his research team went on to unearth a parade of amber-entombed creatures ranging in age from 230 million to 40 million years old.
Leon Neyfakh, 35, has become known for podcasts that excavate the recent past.
Next year, the archeological site hopes to excavate the church entirely.
The funds will be used to excavate a site at Old Deer where they have found many historical artefacts, including a medieval gaming board.
When you're building a runway, you excavate to a depth of at least 20 feet, and back fill with stone, steel, and concrete.
After snow covers breathing holes, females excavate snow caves on sea ice.