5
indentation(noun, depression, impression, well, dip)
4
digging
4
dent(noun, break, cut, crack, depression)
4
exhumation
4
furrow(noun, score, drain, scratch, ditch)
4
gap(noun, break, cut, crack, opening)
3
archeological site(noun, expression, idiom)
3
abyss(well, hole, hollow)
3
avulsion
3
blasting(noun, mine, pit, quarry, digging)
3
bringing to light(expression, idiom)
3
concavity(noun, depression, impression, dip, hollow)
3
crack
3
cutting(noun, mine, pit, quarry, digging)
3
dell
3
deracination(noun, extraction)
3
drawing(noun, extraction)
3
eradication(noun, extraction)
3
evolvement(noun, extraction)
3
evulsion(noun, extraction)
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