hollowed

verb

past tense of hollow
as in excavated

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  1. excavated
  2. grooved
  3. penetrated
  4. gouged
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  • City is made from clay, sand, and rock, all excavated from the innards of the site and reshaped.
    — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
  • Steam shovels and draglines excavated the foundations for highways and railroads.
    — Malika Bowling, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of excavated
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  • The crowd-pleaser — distributed by Universal internationally and Lionsgate domestically — moved and grooved back to first place on domestic and global charts as well, a remarkable feat in its fourth weekend of release.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 May 2026
  • Then Scott grooved a fastball down the middle to Dansby Swanson, who hit it over the left-field wall.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of grooved
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  • While most of that warming occurs near the surface, measurements show heat has also penetrated to depths of roughly 3,000 meters over recent decades.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • Ivory Coast has penetrated the box a bit more, but both sides have just one shot and zero on target.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
Definition of penetrated
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  • Trump recently posted on his Truth Social account that big oil companies were not dropping gas prices fast enough, and that Americans were being gouged.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
  • The bullets shattered nine panes of glass, their wooden framework gouged by bullet fragments.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Definition of gouged
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