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Power shovel

British pronunciation/pˈaʊə ʃˈʌvəl/
American pronunciation/pˈaʊɚ ʃˈʌvəl/
Power shovel
[NOUN]
1

a machine for excavating

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1And maybe who's digging the whole, should they be using a spoon, a shovel or power shovel.
2After the powder holes had been drilled and the rock blasted, power shovels and trucks moved into the tunnels for the purpose of removing the shattered material.
3After the completion of the coffer dams, the site was unwatered and the fleet of power shovels and trucks put to work on the excavation of the riverbed material to provide foundations for the structures.
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