3
dent(noun, remove, challenge, weaken, dig)
3
dredge up
3
drive(verb, drop, decline, turn, settle)
3
empty(verb, take, remove, raise, lift)
3
eradicate(verb, extract)
3
examine(verb, action, investigate, dig, research)
3
extricate(verb, extract)
3
furrow
3
sap(verb, hurt, ruin, destroy, turn)
3
trench(verb, dig)
3
undercut(verb, hurt, ruin, challenge, weaken)
3
withdraw(verb, extract)
2
apprehend
2
bring to light(expression, idiom)
2
bring up
2
bulldoze(verb, turn, produce, clean, discover)
2
compass
2
comprehend
2
cut out
2
digging
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