The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CAVING
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What does CAVING mean?
CAVING verb- To surrender.
- To collapse.
- To hollow out or undermine.
- To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
- In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
- To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
- To dwell in a cave.
- The recreational sport of exploring caves.
- An act of collapsing or caving in.