3 uses
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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
- Glass office buildings stood next to excavation sites.p. 382.7
- In the back of the basement, the floor had been excavated, revealing another set of steps—these of white stone—leading still deeper underground.p. 403.7
- On one side of the stone floor, a set of stairs had been excavated, leading down to a modern iron gate with a padlock.p. 478.1
There are no more uses of "excavate" in The Mark of Athena.
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