Excavate
Excavate verb - To hollow out or form (something) by removing earth.
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Synonyms for Excavate
Mining and excavate are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Mining" with "Excavate", this verbs are similar.
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Also advocated using a nuke to excavate a harbor in Alaska, and building a tunnel across America using nukes to do the mining.
Source: Mad Scientist
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