To dig out or excavate, particularly to dig or extract something from the ground.
From Latin 'ex-' (out) + 'fodiere' (to dig) + verb suffix '-ate'. A rare, archaic term from Roman and medieval Latin.
Exfodiate comes from the same Latin root as 'ditch' and appears in medieval texts about mining and archaeology—it's the formal Latin term for what miners and archaeologists still do: dig stuff out of the earth.
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