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   Ex·ca·va·tion

   /ˌekskəˈvāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site: "the methods of excavation have to be extremely rigorous" Similar unearthingdigging upuncoveringrevealingdisintermentexhumationdiggingdigging outhollowing outscooping outgougingboringchannelingsinkingquarryingminingholehollowcavitypitcratercuttingtrenchtrougharchaeological site
   • ▪ a site that is being or has been excavated: "inside the excavation were the bones of some huge creature" Similar holehollowcavitypitcratercuttingtrenchtrougharchaeological site

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