excavate (
http://definr.com/excavate)
v 1: lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy" [syn:
unearth]
2: find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the
garden" [syn:
dig up,
turn up]
3: form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for
Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"
4: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company
wants to excavate the hillsite" [syn:
dig,
hollow]