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Definition
to dig out
in 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
- This was nothing more than the excavation of a past crime, the theft of her memory.Chapter 10 (89% in)
There are no more uses of "excavate" in City of Bones.
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