Related Words for excavate

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dig
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Verb, Verb
hollow
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Verb, Verb, Noun
dig up
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
turn up
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Phrase, Verb
excavation
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Noun
unearth
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Verb
reconstruct
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Verb
bury
/x
Noun
demolish
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Verb
deconstruct
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Verb
uncover
x/x
Verb
dredge
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Noun
excavators
/xxx
Noun
carve
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Verb
construct
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Verb
dismantle
x/x
Verb
backfill
/x
Noun
archaeologists
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Noun
uproot
x/
Verb
locate
/x
Verb
burrow
/x
Noun
dissect
x/
Verb
reclaim
x/
Verb
raze
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Verb
renovate
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Verb
relocate
x/x
Verb
inspect
x/
Verb
collect
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Verb
build
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Verb
penetrate
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Verb
liberate
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Verb
interrogate
x/xx
Verb
extricate
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Verb
dislodge
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Verb
identify
x/xx
Verb
cultivate
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Verb
submerge
x/
Verb
destroy
x/
Verb
explore
x/
Verb
undertake
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Verb
resurrect
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Verb
examine
x/x
Verb
reassemble
xx/x
Verb
obliterate
x/xx
Verb
plumb
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Noun
occupy
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Verb
shovel
/x
Noun
analyze
/xx
Verb
colonize
/xx
Verb
recreate
/xx
Verb
scour
/x
Noun
refurbish
x/x
Verb
expose
x/
Verb
reconstitute
x/xx
Verb
investigate
x/xx
Verb
salvage
/x
Noun
assess
x/
Verb
remove
x/
Verb
diggers
/x
Noun
dump
/
Noun
develop
x/x
Verb
discover
x/x
Verb
invade
x/
Verb
rebuild
x/
Verb
subdivide
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Verb
scuttle
/x
Verb
underwrite
/xx
Verb
retrieve
x/
Verb
infiltrate
x/x
Noun
dispose
x/
Verb
engage
x/
Verb
scrape
/
Noun
fabricate
/xx
Verb
recover
x/x
Verb
illuminate
x/xx
Verb
preserve
x/
Verb
unload
x/
Verb
conceal
x/
Verb
establish
x/x
Verb
rehabilitate
xx/xx
Verb
reinterpret
xx/x
Verb
delve
/
Verb
evaluate
x/xx
Verb
rediscover
xx/x
Verb
assemble
x/x
Verb
reimagine
xx/x
Verb
disassemble
xx/x
Verb
reshape
x/
Verb
reconfigure
xx/x
Verb
gather
/x
Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
appraise
x/
Verb
quarry
/x
Noun
furnish
/x
Verb
hole
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Noun
dig out
//
Phrase, Verb
scoop
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Noun
drill
/
Noun
gouge
/
Noun
carve out
/x
Phrase, Verb
borehole
/x
Noun
tunnel
/x
Noun
bore
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Verb
ditch
/
Noun
cave
/
Noun
entrench
x/
Verb
groin
/
Noun
earth
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Noun
scratch
/
Noun
sink
/
Noun
mine
/
Noun
tomb
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Noun
steam shovel
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
furrow
/x
Noun
cavern
/x
Noun
spit
/
Verb
trench
/
Noun
extrude
x/
Noun
evacuate
x/xx
Verb
dig in
/x
Phrase, Verb
chisel
/x
Noun
rout
/
Noun
cleave
/
Noun
extract
/x
Verb
dish out
//
Phrase, Verb
undermine
/xx
Verb
break new ground
///
Name, Verb
woodpeckers
/xx
Noun
knossos
/x
Name
mycenae
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Name
osteoclasts
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Noun
footings
/x
Noun
cavities
/xx
Noun
authorisation
xxx/x
Noun
dens
/
Noun
deeper
/x
Adjective
nests
/
Noun
galleries
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Noun
pits
/
Noun
mound
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Noun
camouflaged
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Adjective
carious
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Adjective
disused
x/
Adjective
drive
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Noun, Verb
filled
/
Adjective
frisk
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
latrine
x/
Noun
logged
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Verb
nails
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Noun, Adjective
nuzzle
/x
Verb, Noun
pierce
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Noun, Verb
refilled
x/
Verb
search
/
Noun, Verb
shallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
spade
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Noun, Verb
tap
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Verb, Noun
unlined
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Adjective
waterlogged
/xx
Adjective
widen
/x
Verb, Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
bog
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
pidgin
/x
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
butt
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Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb