excavator
noun
ex·ca·va·tor
ˈek-skə-ˌvā-tər 
: one that excavates
especially
: a power-operated shovel
Examples of excavator in a Sentence
The excavators found ancient tools at the site.
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An image taken on August 19 shows Israeli excavators and bulldozers demolishing buildings in Zeitoun.
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Plow it all up with a bulldozer, excavator and backhoe; slightly build up the banks and landscape it with boulders, rocks and gravel, with occasional shallow pools for mosquito fish.
—Steven Franck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
In Rome's Appian Way Regional Park, excavators found a Roman bathhouse-turned-church that functioned as an ancient baptistery.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
For the past 25 years, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has kept vital forests and grassland safe from bulldozers, saws, excavators and drilling equipment.
—Ryan Gellert, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Plow it all up with a bulldozer, excavator and backhoe; slightly build up the banks and landscape it with boulders, rocks and gravel, with occasional shallow pools for mosquito fish.
—Steven Franck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
In Rome's Appian Way Regional Park, excavators found a Roman bathhouse-turned-church that functioned as an ancient baptistery.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for excavator
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“Excavator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excavator. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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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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