tunneled
Made underground passage
Tunneled is the past tense of tunnel, meaning to dig or force a passage through something.
Animals tunnel underground; prisoners tunnel out of jails.
The word extends to any burrowing movement: Light tunneled through the clouds.
In computing, tunneled refers to data sent through an encrypted pathway within a network.
Also spelled tunnelled.
Dug a hole beneath
- excavatedDug up systematically
- dugRemoved earth by shoveling
- subwayUnderground transit passage
- metroUrban rail transit
mine · shaft · passageway · subterranean · underpass · mole · gopher · boring
Confinement for offenders
- escapeFlight from captivity
- POWCaptured military personnel
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- breakoutSudden escape from restraint
clandestine · secret · hidden · concealed · dug out · freedom · wall · fence
Directing attention narrowly
- narrowOf small width
- concentratedGathered or intensified
- fixatedObsessively attached or focused
- blinkeredHaving restricted outlook
myopic · singular · intense · obsessive · restricted · limited · peripheral · attention
Equipment for drilling tunnels
- TBMUnderground excavation equipment
- constructionProcess of building something
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- ChunnelUndersea rail crossing
transit · rail · highway · ventilation · concrete · reinforced · geology · bedrock
burrowed
Dug a hole beneath
metro · mine · shaft · passageway · subterranean · underpass · mole · gopher · boring · earthwork
prison
Confinement for offenders
breakout · clandestine · secret · hidden · concealed · dug out · freedom · wall · fence · border
focused
Directing attention narrowly
- narrowOf small width
- concentratedGathered or intensified
- fixatedObsessively attached or focused
blinkered · myopic · singular · intense · obsessive · restricted · limited · peripheral · attention · hyperfocused
boring machine
Equipment for drilling tunnels
- TBMUnderground excavation equipment
- constructionProcess of building something
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
Chunnel · transit · rail · highway · ventilation · concrete · reinforced · geology · bedrock · shield
VPN
Encrypted network connection
proxy · protocol · network · firewall · bypass · connection · remote · access · data · port
tunneledstrengthened
Made more robust
reinforced · fortified · filled in · solidified · shored up
- tunnel visionInability to see periphery
- light at the end of the tunnelIndication difficulties will end
- wind tunnelControlled airstream apparatus
- secret tunnelConcealed underground or walled route
- carpal tunnelWrist's nerve passageway
- underground tunnelsEnclosed routes below ground
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