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Antonyms for cave
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  1. caveverb

    a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

  2. cave, undermineverb

    hollow out as if making a cave or opening

    "The river was caving the banks"

    Synonyms:
    subvert, undermine, spelunk, countermine, sabotage, weaken, counteract

  3. cave, spelunkverb

    explore natural caves

    Synonyms:
    undermine, spelunk

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  1. cavenoun

    Synonyms:
    cavern, grotto, grot, den, catacomb, crypt

    Associated words:
    speleology, spelean, stalactite, stalagmite, cavernicolous, troglodytic, caverned, cavernous

How to use cave in a sentence?

  1. Alan Cooper:

    We found that the Neanderthals from Spy Cave in Belgium consumed woolly rhinoceros and European wild sheep, supplemented with wild mushrooms, those from El Sidrón Cave on the other hand showed no evidence for meat consumption... showing quite different lifestyles between the two groups.

  2. Peter Daszak:

    The new coronavirus matched a sample taken from a horseshoe bat in a cave in Yunnan in 2013, it was 96.2 % identical.

  3. Adrienne Rich:

    As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge breast, an avid cave; between her legs snakes, swamp-grass, or teeth; on her lap a helpless infant or a martyred son. She exists for one purpose: to bear and nourish the son.

  4. Vernon Unsworth:

    Physically, it's not a hard cave, it's just very long and it has big passages, small passages, it's not difficult but if the children have gone in too far then the floodwaters from the far end will be coming through. With the rain, it's not making it any easier.

  5. Craig Challen:

    We have a little bit more experience now, we seem to be the world record holders in cave-diving rescues now.

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