2 syllables:
haitians, haitiens, nation's, nations, nations', patients, station's, stations, stations' 3 syllables:
carnations, castrations, citations, creations, croatian's, croatians, croatians', crustaceans, dalmatians, donations, durations, flirtations, formations, foundation's, foundations, frustrations, gradations, gyrations, impatiens, inflation's, locations, migrations, mutations, notations, orations, ovations, plantations, privations, quotations, relations, rotations, sensations, summations, temptations, translations, vacations, vibrations, vocations 4 syllables:
aberrations, accusations, adaptations, admirations, affirmations, allegations, allocations, alterations, altercations, amputations, animations, annotations, appalachians, appellations, applications, arbitrations, aspirations, aviation's, booster stations, calculations, cancellations, celebrations, circulations, combinations, compensations, compilations, complications, computations, concentrations, condemnations, confirmations, confrontations, congregation's, congregations, conjugations, connotations, consecrations, consolations, constellation's, constellations, consultations, conversations, corporation's, corporations, corporations', correlations, declarations, decorations, degradations, delegation's, delegations, demarcations, demonstrations, deportations, depredations, deprivations, desecrations, designations, destinations, detonations, deviations, dislocations, duplications, education's, educations, elevations, emanations, emigrations, estimations, exclamations, exhortations, expectations, expirations, explanations, exploration's, explorations, fabrications, federation's, federations, fluctuations, formulations, generation's, generations, graduations, hesitations, illustrations, imitations, implications, incarnations, inclinations, indications, infestations, information's, informations, innovations, inspirations, installations, integrations, intimations, inundations, invitations, irritations, lacerations, law of nations, legislation's, limitations, liquidations, litigations, machinations, malformations, medications, meditations, ministrations, miscreations, motivations, mutilations, nominations, obligations, observations, occupations, operation's, operations, operations', orchestrations, oscillations, palpitations, perforations, permutations, perturbations, populations, preparations, presentations, proclamations, protestations, provocations, publication's, publications, publications', radiation's, realizations, recitations, registrations, regulations, relay stations, relocations, reparations, reputations, reservations, resignations, restorations, revelations, revocations, ruminations, separations, simulations, situation's, situations, speculations, stipulations, strangulations, subluxations, syndications, tabulations, terminations, transformations, transportation's, tribulations, vaccinations, valuations, variations, violations, visitations 5 syllables:
abbreviations, accommodations, accreditations, accumulations, administration's, administrations, affiliations, amplifications, anticipations, appropriations, approximations, assassinations, association's, associations, authentications, authorizations, certifications, civilizations, clarifications, classifications, collaborations, commemorations, communication's, communications, communications', configurations, congratulations, considerations, consolidations, cooperations, decapitations, deliberations, denomination's, denominations, denunciations, depreciations, determination's, determinations, devaluations, discolorations, dramatizations, eliminations, evacuations, evaluations, exacerbations, exaggerations, examinations, expropriations, fortifications, genus impatiens, hallucinations, humiliations, imaginations, immunizations, improvisations, inaugurations, incorporation's, incorporations, inoculations, insinuations, interpretations, interrogations, investigations, justifications, magnifications, manifestations, manipulations, miscalculations, mobilizations, modifications, negotiations, notifications, organization's, organizations, orientations, originations, participations, pontifications, preoccupations, privatizations, prognostications, pronunciations, public relations, qualifications, ramifications, recommendations, recriminations, representations, reverberations, solicitations, specifications, sterilizations, united nations 6 syllables:
base of operations, capitalizations, characterizations, comity of nations, commonwealth of nations, diversifications, generalizations, hospitalizations, identifications, liberalizations, misrepresentations, nationalizations, rationalizations, reconciliations, rehabilitations, renegotiations, reorganizations, revaluations, trading operations 7 syllables:
chemical operations, denationalizations, recapitalizations, statute of limitations, telecommunications, telecommunications', treasury obligations 8 syllables:
calculus of variations, riot control operations 9 syllables:
alternation of generations, diplomatic negotiations
elevated renovated
vacation, ostentation
decimate
excavate
Mine , excavate ,
The archaeologists will excavate the site next month to uncover ancient artifacts buried under the ground.
the explorers continued to EXCAVATE the dirt for fossils.
The builders will excavate at the work site
Excavate means to dig up, generally out of the ground. Example sentence: A bull dozer was used to excavate the foundation of the building.
It is difficult to excavate rocks from a building site.
The team of archaeolgists will now begin to excavate the site.
The archaeologists began to excavate the ancient ruins in search of valuable artifacts.
The noun forms of the verb to excavate are excavator, excavation, and the gerund, excavating.
Excavate is not a prefix; it is a word. It does contain the prefix "ex-" which means "out" in this instance.
hollow out, mine, quarry, excavate, sccop out, tunnel, burrow, forage, delve