excavator
noun
ex·ca·va·tor
ˈek-skə-ˌvā-tər 
: one that excavates
especially
: a power-operated shovel
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The excavators found ancient tools at the site.
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An excavator clears rubble in Sidon on Wednesday after Israeli airstrikes.
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Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
In one, a bucket-wheel excavator makes gash after gash in the face of a hill; in another, hillcut soil flows along an eight-mile-long conveyor belt and is spread across newly reclaimed land, desolate and bright red.
—Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
The excavator inched after them, its roar slowly fading down the mountain.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
The excavator’s arm actually moves—cue hours of scooping action.
—Shanna Shipin, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2024
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Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
In one, a bucket-wheel excavator makes gash after gash in the face of a hill; in another, hillcut soil flows along an eight-mile-long conveyor belt and is spread across newly reclaimed land, desolate and bright red.
—Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
The excavator inched after them, its roar slowly fading down the mountain.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
The excavator’s arm actually moves—cue hours of scooping action.
—Shanna Shipin, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for excavator
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excavator
noun
ex·ca·va·tor
ˈek-skə-ˌvāt-ər
: an instrument used to open bodily cavities (as in the teeth) or remove material from them
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