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Definition of excavate:

To dig out and remove, as earth.
To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

Synonyms:

grok, dig out, fold up, fold, turn up, savvy, dig, drudge, labour, hollow out, locate, hollow, make, unearth, turn out, grasp, poke, delve, grub, toil, jab, travail, comprehend, turn over, prove, moil, get the picture, come out, compass, prod, cut into, apprehend, scoop, core out, shovel, dig up, shovel, surface, labor, stab, spade, grind, enter, come on, show up.

extract (part of speech: verb)
- eradicate,
- extract,
- draw,
- amputate,
- extricate,
- withdraw,
- remove

Usage examples:

But ants are abundant on the surface of the ground, and they excavate long tunnels in rotten wood.

- "The Woodpeckers", Fannie Hardy Eckstorm.
Excavate the ground as for a cellar- say five feet deep on the upper side, seven feet wide, and of any length to suit convenience, and the number of plants you wish to grow.

- "The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines", George Husmann.
Some day men will excavate upon this ground, of which the surface has been barely scratched.

- "Naples Past and Present", Arthur H. Norway.