burrow (into)

verb

Definition of burrow (into)next
as in to hollow

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burrow (into)
  1. hollow
  2. excavate
  3. penetrate
  4. split
  5. gouge
  6. groove
  7. rupture
  8. slit
Verb
  • Even without literally shutting the doors to the federal agency, there could be ways a Trump administration could hollow the DOE and do significant damage, Valant and Kettl said.
    Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Deep shadows hollowed the space beneath his shoulder blades, and the full outline of each rib was visible under his skin.
    Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 15 Aug. 2024
Definition of hollow
Verb
  • The city's discovery didn't require breaking through the jungle with machetes or patiently excavating with brushes and spatulas.
    Anna Lagos, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Ai went on a mission to excavate an untold story of punks in the chaotic world of Vietnamese New Wave, one that led her to a deeper cultural truth.
    Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of excavate
Verb
  • The carpet cleaner uses a liquid solution to penetrate your carpet and remove stains and spills, leaving the result brighter and spotless.
    Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • In early Thirties Germany, as the Nazi threat grew, the state’s propaganda machine began to penetrate the dream life of its citizenry.
    Zadie Smith, The New York Review of Books, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of penetrate
Verb
  • The two take the reins of the company as its corporate parent splits itself in two, keeping the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, the Bravo cable network, theme parks and movie operations in one entity and a passel of cable networks and digital properties in the other.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The adaptation of García Márquez’s classic novel will be split across two eight-episode seasons and the new video reveals more about the series, one of the biggest ever out of Latin America.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of split
Verb
  • What this has meant in practice is that brokers have been gouging tenants with fees that can reach as high as 15 percent or more of their annual rent.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Loading your audio article In January, a security camera captured unnerving footage: what appeared to be a bear had forced its way into a Rolls Royce parked outside a home in the Southern California resort community of Lake Arrowhead, gouged the seats and thrashed the interior.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of gouge
Verb
  • As the season rolls on, see if your favorite duo will be moving and grooving into next week.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • True to the reputation of its Moscow and Bodrum outposts, Birds Dubai turns into a nightclub after the show, with diners ending the evening on the dance floor while grooving to the DJ’s beats.
    Natasha Amar, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
Definition of groove
Verb
  • Now that Gata has totally ruptured, a smart player could take them and try to forge a new alliance, something with three or four people that could take them to the end.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
  • That incident has since ruptured diplomatic ties between India and Canada.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of rupture
Verb
  • The sheriff’s office further alleges that Sykes gave the 10-year-old instructions to slit the throats of the adults temporarily living with the child.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Outside one center in June, protesters slit the throats of three pigs as a threat to Muslims believed to be living there.
    Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2024
Definition of slit
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