verb

tunnelled

to tunnel

The prisoners tunnelled their way out of the jail.

The prisoners tunneled their way out of the jail.

Engineers tunnelled through the mountain.

Engineers tunneled through the mountain.

((to)) tunnel ((through/under/out of sth.)) to dig a passage through, under, or out of something They tunneled through the mountain.

Synonyms: dig, burrow, excavate

The verb form is derived from the noun 'tunnel'.

This is the action of making a tunnel. The American English spelling is 'tunneled' with one 'l'.

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