excavate

kazmak

To dig out and remove earth or rock carefully, especially to uncover archaeological remains.

• Archaeologists excavated the ancient Roman ruins.
• They excavated the site looking for fossils.
• The crew will excavate the foundation for the new building.
• Paleontologists plan to excavate a newly discovered site in Montana where numerous dinosaur bones appear concentrated in sedimentary layers.
• Mining companies must obtain environmental permits before they excavate mineral deposits in protected watershed areas.
• Researchers will excavate the medieval monastery's cloister to determine the layout of its original agricultural and administrative buildings.

Eş anlamlılar: dig, unearth, uncover, dig out, exhume

Zıt anlamlılar: bury, cover, fill