Excavate and Search

Excavate

Excavate verb - To hollow out or form (something) by removing earth.
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Synonyms for Excavate

Search and excavate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Search" instead a verb "Excavate".

Nearby Words: excavation, excavator, excavating

Search

Search verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

Excavate and search are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excavate" instead a verb "Search".

Common collocations

technology excavate technology search technology
world excavate world search world
ruins excavate ruins search ruins

Both words in one sentence

  • More specifically, they have the same cycle of search for fossils, excavate fossils, battle.The battling is the main difference between the three: Spectrobes is action, Dinosaur King uses a modified version of Rock-Paper-Scissors, and Fossil Fighters is turn-based with some tactical elements.
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