Re-excavate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To excavate again.

    "In order, then, to improve the supply of drinking water, it is necessary to dig new tanks and clear and re-excavate old ones."

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"In order, then, to improve the supply of drinking water, it is necessary to dig new tanks and clear and re-excavate old ones."

Etymology

From re- + excavate.

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