[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging:The ground was excavated for a foundation.", "to make (a hole, tunnel, etc.) by removing material.", "to dig or scoop out (earth, sand, etc.).", "to expose or lay bare by or as if by digging; unearth:to excavate an city."]}]