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tunnels

NOUN

covered passageway

Synonyms

STRONGEST

channel hole mine pit shaft subway underpass

STRONG

adit burrow crosscut drift passage tube

WEAK

crawl space crawlway hole in the wall

VERB

dig a passage through

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burrow

STRONG

excavate mine penetrate sap undermine

WEAK

scoop out

Antonyms

STRONG

strengthen

Example Sentences

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Frustrated by traffic, Musk founded The Boring Company in 2016, initially as a SpaceX subsidiary, with grand promises of transforming urban transportation through a network of underground tunnels.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

When mining operations shut down after roughly 80 years, they left behind more than empty tunnels.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

That is lower than estimates from 2019 of 85,379, but higher than 2005, when a manual count estimated 72,540 went through the tunnels.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

There are more wind tunnels in the area than in France and Germany put together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

She zips us down to the underground tunnels and we sprint past the neon sign that says Department of Hidden Places this way—or is it?

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston