All 4 Uses of
excavate
in
Atlas Shrugged
- There was nothing to justify the five years of work and the millions spent; nothing but empty excavations, laboriously cut.†
Chpt 1.5
- Far ahead, the smear of a red lantern, low over the ground, marked a street excavation.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- She saw the new pipe stacked by the excavation; the pipe bore a trademark: Stockton Foundry, Colorado.†
Chpt 1.7
- I did the prospecting, I discovered it, I broke the first excavation.†
Chpt 3.2
Definition:
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(excavate) to dig outin various senses, including:
- remove or lay bare -- as when removing top soil to lay a foundation
- find or uncover -- as at an archaeological site
- remove a part -- as a tooth from the gum that surrounds it