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Synonyms for excavation

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineActions

the act of digging

There's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

dig

Same sentence, swapped: There's an interesting dig going on near Princeton.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for excavation as it is used in the sentence above.

mining
carving
drilling

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