Incave

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cave inward. intransitive

    "On May 26, 1906, some very remarkable phenomena were observed at the Atlantic mine, these consisting in deformations of railway tracks and incaving at the surface."

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"On May 26, 1906, some very remarkable phenomena were observed at the Atlantic mine, these consisting in deformations of railway tracks and incaving at the surface."

Etymology

From in- + cave.

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