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excavate

verb as in dig up

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The Houston-based company also was charged with 16 misdemeanor violations of the state Fish and Game Code for allegedly putting excavated material into protected waterways and other offenses.

America's top diplomat was a guest of honour at the opening of the so-called "Pilgrimage Road", a tunnel excavated under Palestinian homes next to Jerusalem's Old City.

From BBC

The first room features artifacts excavated from around the Palace of Nestor.

When he first excavated and recorded these songs six decades ago, they were forgotten relics.

From BBC

"People are excavating by hand to rescue the bodies of their relatives since there are no tools or machinery", Francesco Lanino, Save the Children's deputy Sudan director for programmes and operations, said.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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