excavator
noun
ex·ca·va·tor
ˈek-skə-ˌvā-tər 
: one that excavates
especially
: a power-operated shovel
Examples of excavator in a Sentence
The excavators found ancient tools at the site.
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Ryan Starnes, 23, died on June 30 after he was hit by an excavator bucket at a construction site, according to officials.
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 13 July 2025
This spring, excavators uncovered a centuries-old shipwreck in an unlikely place in Spain: a former fish market.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
Punching serves as the game’s primary verb, allowing DK to just knock out foes, but explore the densely packed terrain by tearing through the earth itself like a primate excavator.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
On the site recently, a dozen construction workers finished driving nails into the wooden frames of the first building on the north end of the project while excavators moved dirt and cement mixers stood ready to prepare the foundations for some of the other four buildings.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 13 July 2025
This spring, excavators uncovered a centuries-old shipwreck in an unlikely place in Spain: a former fish market.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2025
Punching serves as the game’s primary verb, allowing DK to just knock out foes, but explore the densely packed terrain by tearing through the earth itself like a primate excavator.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
On the site recently, a dozen construction workers finished driving nails into the wooden frames of the first building on the north end of the project while excavators moved dirt and cement mixers stood ready to prepare the foundations for some of the other four buildings.
—John Tuohy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
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excavator
noun
ex·ca·va·tor
ˈek-skə-ˌvāt-ər
: an instrument used to open bodily cavities (as in the teeth) or remove material from them
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