Hyphenation of excavate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word excavate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ex-ca-vate

Definitions of excavate:

1.	Recover through digging Schliemann excavated Troy Excavate gold
2.	Find by digging in the ground I dug up an old box in the garden
3.	Form by hollowing Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team Excavate a cavity
4.	Remove the inner part or the core of The mining company wants to excavate the hillside

Synonyms of excavate:

verb	unearth, uncover, bring out, unveil, reveal
verb	dig up, turn up, obtain
verb	hollow, hollow out, core out
verb	dig, hollow, remove, take, take away, withdraw

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