excavate
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(verb) remove the inner part or the core of |
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Synonyms: dig, hollow |
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Related Words: ditch, drive, remove, take, take away, trench |
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(verb) find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"; "The archaeologists digging up the battlefield turned up a lot of old helmets" |
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Synonyms: dig up, turn up |
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Related Words: disinter, exhume, grub out, grub up, nuzzle, obtain |
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