"re-excavate" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From re- + excavate.",
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          "ref": "1889, The Calcutta Review, volume 89, page 59",
          "text": "In order, then, to improve the supply of drinking water, it is necessary to dig new tanks and clear and re-excavate old ones.",
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          "ref": "1974, Space Shuttle Program, Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB): Environmental Impact Statement, page F-34",
          "text": "Several reports in the literature indicate that these birds are well adapted to this condition and re-excavate burrows quickly.",
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          "ref": "2020 February 27, Howard Williams, Pauline Magdalene Clarke, Digging into the Dark Ages: Early Medieval Public Archaeologies, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, page 159",
          "text": "The plan to re-excavate was beset with problems: practical access was difficult (impossible by car), the whole area was desisgnate a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Special Area of Conservation.",
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        "To excavate again."
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