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In a sleeplike state.
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Ground hogs remain dormant through the winter.
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Not active, but able to become active.
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Japen's Mount Fuji is a dormant volcano.
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Graceful or refined in appearance or behavior.
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The tiny curved numbers and the slender hands made the old silver watch an elegant timepiece.
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To burst forth violently.
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The queen erupted in anger when told she must abdicate.
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A violent bursting forth.
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The eruption of Mount Saint Helens in 1980 caused immense damage.
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To dig out.
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The backhoe will excavate this spot near the pine tree to create the basement of our new house.
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To uncover by digging.
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Heinrich Schliemann began to excavate the ancient city of Troy in 1871.
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The place formed by digging or the process of digging out.
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The excavation of Cahuachi, Peru, uncovered many pieces of pottery from the ancient Nazca culture.
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To eject; to release, as from a container.
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Electric cars help keep the air clean because they don't expel poisonous gases.
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To force to leave.
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The school reserves the right to expel students for serious offenses.
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A disagreeable smoke or gas.
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Fumes from passing trucks and buses have damaged the oak trees.
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To feel or show anger or resentment.
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My father fumed when he discovered that I had left my bicycle out in the rain all night.
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Made liquid by heat; melted.
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At Colonial Williamsburg, we watched women make tapers by pouring molten wax into thin molds.
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Showing or taking great care or effort.
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After a painstaking search of the house, we found our missing car keys.
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To die; to be killed or destroyed.
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Approximately ten million people perished in World War 1.
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