Meaning of 抉る in Japanese

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Definition of 抉る

  1. (v5r, vt) to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
  2. to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain
  3. to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
  1. (v5r, vt) to dig out; to gouge out; to hollow out
  2. to scoop; to ladle; to bail
  3. to jerk (one's chin)
  1. (v5r, v1, vt) to pry; to prize; to prise
  1. (v5r, vt) to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

    傷を深くえぐってはならない、傷を新たに作ることになるから。
    Search not the wound too deep, lest thou make a new one.

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