Hyphenation of excavates

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

ex-ca-vates

Definitions of excavates:

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

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