gouge out
Dig out violently
To gouge out is to remove something by digging or scooping, typically with force: The attacker gouged out his eyes.
The phrase often describes violent removal of eyes or other tissue, but extends to any forceful excavation: Glaciers gouged out the valley, Someone had gouged out chunks of the wooden railing.
- hollowEmpty within
- scoopFirst-reported story
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- chiselEdged carving implement
- carveCut to shape
dig · dig in · claw · claw at · pry · remove · eye socket · socket · wrench · enucleate · excavate · pluck · orbital · scrape · maim · dislodge · burrow · brutal