as in dug
to hollow out or form (something) by removing earth
workmen are excavating a long tunnel that will eventually replace the aboveground expressway
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Recent Examples of excavated
His aristocratic tastes are reflected in his various building projects, the remains of which have been excavated.
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Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Forgotten under sixty-five feet of pumice and ash, Herculaneum wasn’t rediscovered until the eighteenth century, and the original Villa dei Papiri has still not been fully excavated.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The estate was excavated in Kafr Qasim, a city in the central region of the country.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Covered in concrete and lost to time for decades, the vats were rediscovered and excavated in 2016 within a building that hugs the Kentucky River.
—Robin Roenker, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
One of the richest fossil sites is the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, where hundreds of bones have been excavated, giving scientists an extraordinary window into the life and death of these Ice Age giants.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Archaeologists excavated the underground burial and found a secondary connecting structure.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Jingia dongxingensis was excavated from the Dongxing Formation and was named a new genus and species in 2024.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Its two towers, or oasts, plus firepits and facade are made from Catawba stone excavated during the brewery’s build-out, while local black walnut wood forms the bar top and wall coverings.
—Kate Bernot, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Forgotten under sixty-five feet of pumice and ash, Herculaneum wasn’t rediscovered until the eighteenth century, and the original Villa dei Papiri has still not been fully excavated.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The estate was excavated in Kafr Qasim, a city in the central region of the country.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Covered in concrete and lost to time for decades, the vats were rediscovered and excavated in 2016 within a building that hugs the Kentucky River.
—Robin Roenker, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
One of the richest fossil sites is the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, where hundreds of bones have been excavated, giving scientists an extraordinary window into the life and death of these Ice Age giants.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Archaeologists excavated the underground burial and found a secondary connecting structure.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Jingia dongxingensis was excavated from the Dongxing Formation and was named a new genus and species in 2024.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Its two towers, or oasts, plus firepits and facade are made from Catawba stone excavated during the brewery’s build-out, while local black walnut wood forms the bar top and wall coverings.
—Kate Bernot, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excavated
dug
Verb
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Caught in a toughness-testing Sunday afternoon brawl with the Raiders, the Bears dug deep and showed the resilience and survival instincts to claw out a win.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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When social media users called the wig unflattering, the insults dug deep.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Excavated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excavated. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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